EDO FLAG (DEFINING D MEANING OF EVERY SYMBOL IN IT!)
(1) QUEEN IDIA MASK: The mask obviously is the head of the Edo warrior queen-mother Idia, the mother of Oba Esigie known as the wise King. Recall that Oba Esigie ruled over the whole of Bendel, Lagos, half Yoruba lands, Onitsha and even some parts of today's north central. He was a great emperor and the first to receive a diplomatic mission from Europe and also the first black Ruler to set up an embassy in the land of the whiteman. He attained these feats with the help and encouragement of a mother who is now recorded by local and foreign history as one of the most dynamic and strongest women that ever came out of Africa. Why do you think her mask, not that of Queen Amina of Zazzau or any other historical Nigeria woman was adopted by the country in 1977 as the national symbol in that international festival of arts and culture? Even till date, the mask is still used by the country to project the viability of our culture, the virility and strength of the ni