Sarangani province unfurls Philippines' largest flag

Filipinos pose on a replica of the Philippines’ largest flag laid across a two-hectare field near the Capitol building in Sarangani province in Mindanao on Thursday, February 26, 2009. The flag is second only to Israel as the world largest flag in the Guinness Book of World Records.

(Photo by Cocoy Sexcion)

Giant RP Flag Unfurled In Mindanao

The giant replica of the Philippine flag is unfurled in North Cotabato province in Mindanao. (Mindanao Examiner Photo / Geonarri Solmerano)

NORTH COTABATO, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Nov. 25, 2008) – Filipinos on Tuesday unfurled a giant replica of the Philippine flag as a symbol of peace in the troubled region of Mindanao, south of Manila.

The flag, weighing more than four tons, was spread over a two-hectare land at the capitol grounds. Grace Gupana, a Filipino who first unfurled the flag alongside with the Israeli flag in Israel last year, said it symbolized peace in Mindanao. Some P40 million were spent to make the giant flag. (Geonarri Solmerano)