National Flag Day Сelebrated in Kyrgyz Republic

The National Flag Day is annually celebrated on 3 March in the Kyrgyz Republic. The holiday was established by the Decree of the President No. 270 on the National Flag of the Kyrgyz Republic of 10 June 2009 in order to bring up patriotism and respect for the national symbols among the citizens.

The date was not chosen by chance: on 3 March 1992 the national flag was approved by the Supreme Council of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan. The first flag of independent Kyrgyzstan was raised on 5 March 1992 over the building of the Government House in Bishkek.

The national flag of the Kyrgyz Republic is a red cloth, in the center of which there is a round solar disk emitting forty evenly divergent golden rays. Inside the solar disk a tundyuk of a Kyrgyz yurt is depicted in red. The red color of the flag symbolizes valor and courage, the golden sun, bathing in its rays, embodies peace and wealth, and the tundyuk is a symbol of the father’s house, in a broader sense — the world as the universe. 40 rays united in a circle mean the unification of 40 ancient tribes into a single Kyrgyzstan.