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Flag of Hienghène - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 11 June 2014
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The municipality of Hienghène (2,399 inhabitants in 2009; 1,068.8 sq. km) is known as a very touristic and beautiful place, but also as the birthplace of the leader of the Kanak independence movement Jean-Marie Tjibaou (1936-1989), who was the mayor of Hienghène from 1977 to his death.
Olivier Touzeau, 27 December 2013
The flag of Hienghène (photo) is blue with the municipal emblem in the middle. The emblem features the rock known as Brooding Hen.
Olivier Touzeau, 27 December 2013
The Kanak tribes of Hienghène competed for the first tme in February 2013 in inter-tribal sports days known as the Tjibaou Cup (presentation), in order to "pay tribute to the man he was in his own town and make it clear that the duty of memory, through sports, is fundamental".
The 20 tribes formed 10 teams : Bas-Coulna (Bas-Coulna, Haut-Coulna and
Wayaguette tribes), DaKoul (Daxalik and Khün Wé tribes), Ganem, Ouaré, Ouendjip (Ouaîeme, Ouendjip, Panié and Tao tribes), Tanghène, Tendo, Tiédanite, Wouan-Kuut, WéTiPo (W&ecute;rap, Tiwamaak and Poindap tribes).
Each team had its own flag (photo, photo). The flags have a single-colour field (green, light green, bright yellow, yellow, bright orange, light orange, blue, light blue, purple, mauve) with the municipal emblem in the center and the name of the tribe in black letter (Arial black font) above. According to the pictures, we can at
least say that blue was for Tanghène, purple for Tiédanite, mauve for Ouendjip, and, assuming that shirts and flags have the same colour, green for Ouaré and light blue for DaKoul.
Olivier Touzeau, 27 December 2013
