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There are nineteen rays visible on the flag.
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There are 17 rays that come out of the half-sun on Kiribati's flag. The 17 rays represent the 16 Gilbert islands as well as Banaba, formerly known as Ocean Island. Kiribati was first known as the Gilbert (and Ellice) Islands.
The flag of the island nation Kiribati shows a seagull flying over the waves of the Pacific Ocean. In the background of the motif you can see the rising sun with the light of nineteen rays (10 thin and 9 thick rays). Ins ome cases the flag shows the motto of the nation "Te Mauri,Te Raoi ao Te Tabomoa" ("Health, Peace and Prosperity").
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The flag of the island nation Kiribati shows a seagull flying over the waves of the Pacific ocean. In the background of the motif you can see the rising sun with the light of nineteen rays (10 thin and 9 thick rays). Ins ome cases the flag shows the motto of the nation "Te Mauri,Te Raoi ao Te Tabomoa" ("Health, Peace and Prosperity").
The flag of the island nation Kiribati shows a seagull flying over the waves of the Pacific Ocean. In the background of the motif you can see the rising sun with the light of nineteen rays (10 thin and 9 thick rays). Ins ome cases the flag shows the motto of the nation "Te Mauri,Te Raoi ao Te Tabomoa" ("Health, Peace and Prosperity").
The flag of the island nation Kiribati shows a seagull flying over the waves of the Pacific Ocean. In the background of the motif you can see the rising sun with the light of nineteen rays (10 thin and 9 thick rays). Ins ome cases the flag shows the motto of the nation "Te Mauri,Te Raoi ao Te Tabomoa" ("Health, Peace and Prosperity").
The Philippines flag has 8 rays on its flag and these 8 rays stand for the 8 provinces that stood up against the Spanish revolution.
The sun in the Philippines flag has eight rays. The eight rays represent the first eight provinces that revolted against Spanish rule during the Philippine Revolution.
The red sun (red ball on a white background) is the Japanese Army flag. The red sun with extending red rays on a white background is the Japanese Naval Flag. Both flags are still used today. They were not replaced.
Many countries have more than one flag depending on the purpose (national flag for civilian use, national flag for government use, flag for use on warships (this is called an Ensign.)) The rays are only on the Japanese Ensign (Navy flag) The national flag is, and was during WW II just the rising sun (disk alone.) The Ensign of Japan today still has the rays on it. I suspect the reason you may think the rays went away is from WW II most of the pictures we see are of warships. After that... not so much.