NATIONAL ANTHEM
ARISE CONGOLESE, UNITED BY FATE
UNITED IN THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE
LET US HOLD UP OUR HEADS, SO LONG BOWED
AND NOW, FOR GOOD, LET US KEEP MOVING
BOLDLY AHEAD IN PEACE OH, ARDENT PEOPLE, BY HARD WORK WE SHALL BUILD, IN PEACE, A COUNTRY MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN BEFORE
COUNTRYMEN, SING THE SACRED HYMN OF
YOUR SOLIDARITY, PROUDLY SALUTE THE
GOLDEN EMBLEM OF YOUR SOVEREIGNTY, CONGO
BLESSED GIFT(CONGO) OF OUR FOREFATHERS
(CONGO) OH BELOVED COUNTRY, WE SHALL PEOPLE YOUR SOIL AND ENSURE YOUR GREATNESS
(30 JUNE) OH GENTLE SUN OF 30 JUNE (HOLY DAY) BE WITNESS (HOLY DAY) OF THE IMMORTAL OATH OF
FREEDOM THE WE PASS ON TO
OUR CHILDREN FOREVER
FLAG INFORMATION
Do not fly the National flag upside down. What determines the right way up is the colour Scheme. Blue is next to the pole, followed by Yellow, Red, Yellow lastly Blue.
The D R CONGO National Flag should be treated with utmost respect. Do not fly flags at night, this halves the life of the flag and serves no useful purpose as
nobody can see it at night unless it is illuminated. When hauled down in the evening in a wet condition, spread out to dry thoroughly before rolling up.
FLAG PROTOCOL
1. If the National Flag is flown, it must always be flown from senior flag pole.
2. The senior flag pole is (A) the highest being in a group (B) if flagpoles are in line (with your back to the building) the senior pole is on the right side, left if you face them.
3. Never fly one flag above the other on the same flag pole. It means the top flag has captured the lower flag.
4. It is unusual to fly two different flags, at equal height, on the same staff neither flag flies well nor can they be clearly distinguished.
5. The D R CONGO National Flag takes precedence over Company / School flag, which takes precedence over a house flag.
6. After the precedence over the National flag, apart from para 5, there is nothing that is really written down. If large number of flags are flown, then most people give the Commonwealth preference before Foreign, and list flags in alphabet.
7. Never use the National Flag as an advertisement, or add slogans or Logos to it.
8. Always fly a clean flag, and haul it to the top of your flag pole.
9. Never fly flags at half-mast, except on days of National mourning by State command.
10. When hauling a half-mast flag, it should be hoisted to the top then hauled down.
11. Raise the National Flag first and lower it last, unless all flags can be raised or lowered at the same time.
behind the dais.
13. Do not leave your flag pole empty during the day, it is a sign of abandonment.
WIMBO WA TAIFA
Debout Congolais, Unis par le sort,
Unis dans l’effort pour l’indépendance,
Dressons nos fronts, longtemps courbés
Et pour de bon prenons le plus bel élan,
dans la paix, O peuple ardent, par le labeur,
nous bâtirons un pays plus beau qu’avant,
dans la paix.
Citoyens, entonnez,
l’hymne sacré de votre solidarité,
Fièrement, saluez, l’emblème d’or
de votre souveraineté,
Congo.
Don béni (Congo) des aïeux (Congo),
O pays (Congo) bien aimé (Congo),
Nous peuplerons ton sol et nous assurerons
ta grandeur. (Trente juin) O doux soleil (trente juin)
du trente juin, (Jour sacré) Sois le témoin (jour sacré)
de l’immortel, serment de liberté
Que nous léguons, à notre postérité,
pour toujours.
TAARIFA YA BENDERA
Bendera ya taifa letu la lazima ipewe heshima na umuhimu unaostahili. Haifai kupeperushe bendera D. R. CONGO usiku kwani hakuna anayeweza kuiona pasipo mwangaza
Huku kupeperusha bendera usiku hudhoufisha maisha ya bendera maradufu.Wakati bendera inaposhushwa jioni, iwapo kuna mvua tandaza bendera yenyewe chini
Ili iweze kukauka kabisa kabla ya kuikunja
ITIFAKI YA BENDERA
1. Iwapo bendera ya Taifa inapeperushwa, ni lazima iwe katika mlingoti mwandamizi
2. Mlingoti mwandamizi ni (a) Mlingoti wa juu kabisa uwe katika kundi, (b) Mlingoti ikiwa katika mstari(mjengo ikiwa nyuma yako) mlingoti mwandamizi uko upande wa
kulia wa mstari. (Ukiziangalia ni upande wa kushoto)
3. Usipeperushe kamwe bendera moja juu ya nyingine katika mlingoti mmoja, kwani kwa kufanya hivi bendera iliyoko chini itakuwa imetekwa na bendera iliyoko juu yake.
4. Si Kawaida kupeperusha bendera mbili tofauti katika mlingoti mmoja na kwenya kimo au urefu sawa, kwani bendera hazipeperuki vyema wala hazitatambuliki.
5. Bendera ya taifa la D. R. CONGO huwa kipaumbele, dhidi ya bendera za kampuni ambazo huchukua kipaumbele dhihi, ya bendera za vitengo fulani.
6. Licha ya yaliyotajwa katika ibara ya tano kuhusukuipa bendera kipaumbele hakuna jambo lolote limeandikishwa na kuthibitishwa. Iwapo bendera nyingi zinapeperushwa
Basi watu wengi huipa bendera ya jumuiya ya madola kipaumbele kishaa bendera za Mataifa mengine ya kigeni na hatimaye bendera hufuatana na mpango wa alfabeti.
7. Haifai kwa vyovyote vile kutumia bendera ya taifa la D R CONGO kibiashara, kuongeza nembu au alama yoyote ile.
8. Daima peperusha bendera safi, na upandishe juu kabisa kwenye mlingoti.
9. Kamwe usipeperushe bendera nusu mlingoti, isipokuwa siku ya maombolezo ya kitaifa kwa amri ya serikali.
10. Wakati bendera iliyokuwa nusu mlingoti yateremushwa ni sharti ipandishe juu hadi mwisho wa mlingoti kisha uiteremushe chini.
11. Iwapo haiwezekani kupandisha bendera zote zilizoko na vilevile kuziteremusha kwa wakati mmoja, basi ni bora kuipandisha bendera ya taifa mwanzo na kuiteremusha
ikiwa ya mwisho baada ya zingine zote.
12. Usitumie bendera ya taifa kama kitambaa cha meza kwenye mikutano ya umma. Yafaa iwe juu, nyuma ya jukwaa.
13. Usiache mlingoti bila bendera mchana, kwani ni ishara ya kutowajibika.
Hakikisha kuwa bendera ya taifa yapeperushwa ikiwa wima. Rangi za bendera zafaa kufuatana kuanzia iliyoko kando ya mlingoti ni rangi ya kijani kisha rangi ya njano
Ikifuatana nyeusi kisha njano hatimaye bluu.
