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by Raul Orta, 3 October 2003
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Here is information about the new flag of Amazonas State:
Antecedents - Amazonas State, second in extension of the
Republic, is located on the South end of Venezuela and limits
with Bolívar State to the North; Federative Republic of Brazil
to the South and East and Republic of Colombia to the West. It
receives its name on April 23rd ,1856 in honor to the world wide
mighty river discovered by Conqueror Francisco de Orellana on
1542, who too baptize it with the Greek voice which identifies
the legend about a race of warrior women which lived on the
Asiatic region of Sarmatia, located far along the Caucasus.
Elevated to the category of State by Special Law No. 35015 dated
on July 19th, 1992, in force since December 31st that year,
it has as capital the city of Puerto Ayacucho, founded on
December 9th,1924 by Engineer Santiago Aguerrevere executing
orders of the Presidency of the Republic. It's integrated by the
municipalities Alto Orinoco, Atabapo, Atures, Autana, Guainía,
Manapiare and Río Negro.
Sources: Web Site Aldea Educativa <www.aldeaeducativa.com>.
Material provided by the Direction of Public Affairs of Amazonas
State Government, October 2003
The Flag - Attributes and Semiology: Consist in a field with
approximate ratio 2:3; this is, a square and half of length
divided on three horizontal stripes with the same size: blue
(above), green (center) and red (below). Completes the design the
territorial profile of the State in brown with dark yellow border
and inside it appearing disseminated seven five-pointed and white
stars, a streamlined mountain and an indigenous face.
The blue stripe represents the nobility, the immaterial things,
the justice, majesty of the courage, the beauty of the immensity
and imposing horizons and distances of the magicians and mystics
landscapes of the state; on the one hand and by the other,
symbolizes the brilliance and the greatness of its clean sky, the
force and fury of its torrents originated in its turbid waters,
rebounding the Amazonensian as a worthy being, plenty of
humility and able to fight against his difficulties and go ahead.
The green stripe remembers the sovereignty of the Amazonensian
people as ecological, cultural and tourist entity of the world
alluding to the immense and inaccessible extensions of forest of
the region with its diversity of fauna and flora which emphasizes
it as natural reserve and vegetal lung of the world, jeopardizing
its inhabitants in the defense of the species and habitats in
danger to extinction. The red stripe symbolizes the blood which
express the genetic wealth of the ethnic groups that conform the
cultural patrimony of the state and the Nation, proclaiming to
the world the development of systems and projects destined to
preserve the existence of the indigenous communities as tangible
testimonies of the ancestors of the humanity. The yellow, image
of wealth, life, life creation and light, represents the
Amazonensian ground, wealth, waters, minerals, fauna, flora,
healthful atmosphere and splendid culture, making its inhabitants
worrthy representation for generate and preserve the existence of
the Life. The brown represents the great land extensions rich in
minerals causals of the peculiar colors of its rivers, standing
out the mystical Negro River and the majestic Orinoco River,
ecological patrimonies; on the one hand and by the other,
remembers the activities proper of the natural creativity of its
natives: the creation of ceramics (mud and clays cups), the art
of the basketwork (the hammock and purses made with Moriche's
palm leaves), the ground work (agriculture, creation of sowing
lands), the fishing techniques, the hunting and other activities
that are contribution to the attributes present in this land and
its people, whichs conserves their constance. The map expresses
the greatness of the state as guarantor of its patrimony and its
culture. The stars symbolizes the municipalities that integrate
the state: Atures, Autana, Manapiare, Atabapo, Alto Orinoco,
Guainía and Río Negro.The mountain represents the legendary
Autana Hill: pride of the Amazonensian people recognized inside
and outside Venezuela as genuine expression of the geologic
patrimony and indigenous mythology, raising the immensity and
singularity of the so called "tepuys" (characteristic
mountainous formations of the region), ridges and rocks of the
State geography, reserves of ancient petroliferous sources. The
indigenous face represents the present ethnic groups in the
state: their history, tradition and legends, doing special
emphasis in the Yanomami ethnic group, by their cultural
importance as first inhabitants of the continent and that to be
on way to extinction deserves a conscience taking to help their
preservation.
Historical Synthesis: Creation of Graphical Designer Lucibel
Sanchez Guaruya, was product of a contest organized for create
the State's Flag in agreement with Decree Nº 012-02 dated on
February 28th, 2002, signed by Governor Liborio Guarulla.
Sources: Material provided by the Direction of Public
Affairs of Amazonas State government, October 2003.
Raul Orta, 3 October 2003
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by Raul Orta, 1 December 2001
The Amazonas State is located to the South of Venezuela and is
the second in extension of the Republic. Its Coaot of Arms is per
fess, the chief per pale: The first quarter, in gules (red) for
symbolizes audacity, intrepidity and courage, charges a reclined
aboriginal busy on artisan works representing the firmness and
steadiness of the Amazonensians. The ceramic pieces at his side
reminds their activity, creative sense and sensibility in search
of the perfection on their cultural expressions. The second
quarter, in Or (yellow) symbolizes the purity and power of the
region and their people, and charges a autochthonous
"Tucan" (Toucan), there called "Piacoco",
looking to the right side of the shield and standing on a vert
(green) tree without leaves, representing the unquiet vigilance
of the Venezuelan southern frontiers. The third quarter in
Sky-blue (variation of the heraldical azure blue- in this case),
symbolizes the justice, majesty and loyalty, reminding too the
beauty and clearly sky of the State. There appears a semblance of
the typical landscape of the region: the father of the Venezuelan
rivers, the Orinoco, in first plane, represented by their
torrents and millenary stones which guard the ancestral testimony
of the "Petroglifos" (writing on stones), reminds their
birth in this federal entity. In the right side, on a forest,
appears a "Churuata": a typical house of our aboriginal
men in these lands, symbol of serenity and abstraction. At the
background, we can see the legendary "Autana" Mountain,
natural monument and very important reference for the
Amazonensian ancestral mythology, representing the unalterable
guard of the riches under their feet. The exterior ornaments are:
a "Marahuaca" or typical basket made with the Cucurito
palm tree leaves how heraldical timmer, charged by bananas,
mangoes and other typical fruits of the region, for represents
their wood and agricultural potential how expression of the
Blessings of God for this land. The cimier is a gold (yellow)
pennant with the war cry: "HONOR Y LEALTAD" (Honor and
Loyalty) written in silvered letters, reminding the integrity and
the Amazonensians obedience to duty and law in a democratic
system of government. The five pointed and golden stars in the
pennant terminals, reminds the four departments of the ancient
Amazonas Federal Territory: Atures, Atabapo, Río Negro and
Casiquiare. The "Guacamayo" (Macaw Bird) standing on
the cimier's top is symbol of freedom. The "Moriche"
and Royal palm trees branches at the flanques of the shield, the
preferred material of the Amazonensian aboriginals for the
construction of the ceilings of theirs houses, reminds too the
victory obtained when they combated the Spanish conquerors and
their triumph in the survival on the wood. The "Flor de
Mayo" (May Flower) orchid, the Venezuelan emblematical
flower, appears under the shield for symbolizes the
exquisite variety of this plant that we can meet in these places
and besides, the exotic proprieties of the Amazonensian forest.
The three-colored pennants at the bottom, represents the
Venezolanity and its mottoes written on silvered letters are: at
dexter "18 de Julio de 1822" (July 18th, 1822), date of
the official creation and incorporation of the Amazonas Federal
Territory to the Republic; at sinister "9 de Diciembre de
1924" (December 9th, 1924); ephemeris of the fundation of
the City of Puerto Ayacucho", Capital of the State,
and its name "ESTADO AMAZONAS" in the central lower
pennant.
Sources: Special document produced by the Amazonas State
Government, 1999.
Raul Orta, 1 December 2001 and 5 December 2001