- Isiqithi esincinci, esihlala emazantsi e-Antigua, sibhiyozela uSt Patrick's Day nge-17 kaMatshi
- Indawo azilawulayo phesheya kwezilwandle ngaphakathi kwi-Commonwealth, intloko yelizwe yaseMontserrat nguKumkanikazi, omelwe yirhuluneli ebekiweyo
- I-Montserrat ikwakhumbula amakhoboka asithoba aseNtshona Afrika aphulukana nobomi bawo emva kovukelo olungaphumelelanga ngo-1768
USomlomo uphakamisa iflegi yokuqala kwiBritish Overseas Territories iBritish Overseas Territory yaseMonserrat ibhiyozelwa nguSomlomo weNdlu yeeManyano ngokunyusa iflegi yelizwe eNew Palace Yard.
Isiqithi esincinci, esihlala emazantsi e-Antigua, sibhiyozela uSuku lwePatrick ngomhla we-17 kweyoKwindla-kwangolo suku lunye kukhunjulwa amakhoboka asithoba aseNtshona Afrika aphulukana nobomi bawo emva kovukelo olungaphumelelanga ngo-1768.
Inyaniso, Montserat, enabemi abangaphantsi kwabantu abangama-5,000 17, kuphela kwesizwe emhlabeni esingaphandle kweSuku lwePatrick njengeholide yesizwe. Oku kubangelwa kukuba uninzi lwabemi besi siqithi bokuqala, abathi bafika ngenkulungwane ye-XNUMX, ubukhulu becala babeyimvelaphi yaseIreland.
U-Sir Lindsay Hoyle uthe kubalulekile ukuba iPalamente yase-UK iphawule iintsuku zemibhiyozo yeBritish Overseas Territories. “Ngoku kunakuqala lixesha lokubhiyozela kunye nokukhumbula iMontserrat, ngakumbi uninzi lwabantu baseMontserratians ngoku bahlala e-UK ngenxa yokuqhuma kwentaba-mlilo eyatshabalalisa icala elisemazantsi esiqithi, kubandakanya ikomkhulu iPlymouth, phakathi kwiminyaka yoo-1990, " uthe. "Ndifuna ukukhulisa ubudlelwane bethu nemimandla yaphesheya, kwaye oku kuqala ngendlela encinci ngokuqonda nokuhlonipha la mazwe athetha lukhulu kuthi ngokuphakamisa iiflegi ngeentsuku zabo zesizwe."
Umhlonishwa. UJoseph E. Farrell, iNkulumbuso yaseMontserrat, uthe: “URhulumente nabantu baseMontserrat bonwabile xa kuphakanyiswa iflegi yesiqithi sethu eNew Palace Yard ngomhla we-17 kuMatshi ngo-2021. IMontserrat neIreland zibhiyozela imbali ekwabelwana ngayo kunye nelifa elityebileyo. ”
IMontserrat, eneekhilomitha ezili-11 ubude neekhilomitha ezisixhenxe ububanzi, yathiywa nguChristopher Columbus ngo-1492. Wayekholelwa ukuba esi siqithi simile njengepeyinti sifana nomhlaba ojikeleze i-abbey yaseSpain yaseSanta Maria de Montserrati. Indawo azilawulayo phesheya kolwandle kwi-Commonwealth, intloko yelizwe laseMontserrat nguKumkanikazi, omelwe yirhuluneli ebekiweyo.
