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Caruaru, Pernambuco (Brazil)

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Caruaru, PE (Brazil)by Joseph McMillan

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The flag is at www.supranet.com.br/clientes/dcmark/dps/janelas4/jan136.htm.
Joseph McMillan, 6 February 2001


The flag of Caruaru is an unequal horizontal tricolor field--green, white, and red--whose length is one and a half (1 1/2) times its width. The lower half of the field is emerald green, symbolizing the fertility of the soil; the middle stripe, equal to one quarter of the hoist, is white, the symbol of pacifist ideals; the upper stripe, also one quarter of the hoist, is red, symbol of the haughtiness of its people. On the center is the coat of arms, pointed at the bottom, tierced per bend sinister, its width measuring one quarter the length of the flag, and its height, one third the length of the flag. The upper part of the shield is blue, representing the loyalty of the people, with a flaming sun signifying majesty, fame, and the richness of the land. The bend sinister is yellow (gold), signifying nobility and magnanimity, with a red Latin cross, symbol of the Christian faith and of the catechesis of the natives of the region. The lower part is red, signifying the courage and audacity of the people, charged with a sheaf of hazel branches representing the tenacity of José Rodrigues de Jesus, founder of the city. The shield is topped with a yellow mural crown, attributed by the official description as "a symbol of the resistance that led to the progress of the region and the sovereignty given to it by the fame of the Princess of the Agreste [dry, infertile lands of northeastern Brazil, 'Princess of the Agreste' presumably being a nickname for the municipality]." The yellow motto scroll has the dates 1848 and 1857 flanking the word "Caruaru," recalling the dates of the creation of the municipality and its elevation to the category of city respectively, and at each end a branch of laurel, "won in the socio-economic battles for the development of the Fatherland.
Dov Gutterman, 26 February 2002
Translated by Joseph McMillan, corrected by Jorge Candeias