Banner o Malaysie

The banner o Malaysie, forby kent as the Jalur Gemilang (Malay for "Stripes o Excellence"),^[1] comprises a field o 14 alternatin reid an white stripes alang the flee an a blue canton bearin a crescent an a 14-pynt star kent as the Bintang Persekutuan (Federal Star). The 14 stripes, o equal width, represent the equal status in the federation o the 13 member states an the federal govrenment, while the 14 pynts o the star represent the unity atween these entities^[2]. The crescent represents Islam, the kintra's offeecial releegion; the blue canton seembolizes the unity o the Malaysian fowk; the yellae o the star an crescent is the ryal colour o the Malay rulers.^[3]