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Kingdom of Sigave, Royaume de Sigave

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Flag of the Kingdom of Sigave - Image by_Zoltán Horváth_, 19 December 2024

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Presentation of Sigave

The Kingdom of Sigave encompasses the western third of Futuna Island (30 km² of Futuna Island's total area of 83 km²). Sigave has six villages, the capital and largest village is Leava.

Zoltán Horváth, 19 December 2024

Description

According to Lucien Philippe 1999, the Royal standard of Sigave represents a palm flanked by two spears. The palm is the symbol of a small braided basket, which contained the remains of teeth and jaws of the founding ancestor of a lineage (source: Ethno-archéologie des îles Futuna et Alofi, by D. Frimigacci).

Ivan Sache, 29 June 1999

Image of flag on a stamp: picture

Zoltán Horváth, 19 December 2024

According to the book L'Eglise catholique à Wallis-et-Futuna (1837-2004), by Georges Delbos, CEPAC ed. 2004, 328 p. [online copy], p. 324 Annex #6, the flags of Alo and Sigave date from 1988:
"According to a Note from the Territorial Service of Cultural Affairs dated February 27, 2001 -
Flag of Sigave:
Red half-background: blood spilled during ancient battles.
Black half-background: paganism or the darkness of religious obscurantism.
Green (coconut) palm: Royalty or the power held by the Tui Sigave.
Yellow: the Catholic religion, symbol of peace.
Crossed spears: Futuna tradition.
Tricolor canton: affiliation to the French Republic"

Olivier Touzeau, 28 March 2025