During the Parade of Nations at the
2019 Southeast Asian Games opening ceremony, beginning at 19:00
PST (
UTC+8
UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00.
With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a ...
) on 30 November 2019, athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations led their national delegations as they paraded into the
Philippine Arena in
Bocaue
Bocaue, officially the Municipality of Bocaue ( tgl, Bayan ng Bocaue), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 141,412 people.
With the continuous expansion of Met ...
,
Bulacan
Bulacan, officially the Province of Bulacan ( tl, Lalawigan ng Bulacan), is a province in the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is the city of Malolos. Bulacan was established on August 15, 1578, and part of the Me ...
, preceded by their flag and placard bearer. Each flag bearer was chosen either by the nation's
National Olympic Committee or by the athletes themselves. The host country, the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
, entered as the last team. 11 Filipina titleholders served as muses for each of the 11 participating countries.
English was used to organize the Parade of Nations as per Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF) protocol.
List
References
{{Southeast Asian Games national flag bearers by year
2019 SEA Games