During the signing of the new constitution, everyone got a paper flag to wave. Photo by David Lewis.

See Arnaud's article on the BBC with an explanation of the flag. Or David's article on Alertnet.

The flag is apparently an old version of back in the early days of independance. I was told the flag as we knew it was from Leopold. Leo was the Belgian King who ruled the country like if it was his private business. Hey, times haven't changed have they?

At least flags do.