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Maranhão (Brazil)

by zeljko heimer

See Brazil

In the opinion of the poet Joaquim de Souza Andrade (Sousandrade), that created the flag, the colors of the stripes represent the racial fusion that formed the Brazilian ethnical groups. The white star with the blue background symbolizes Maranhão - it is the same Beta of the Scorpius that appears on the Brazilian Flag.
zeljko heimer 13-MAR-1996

The flag of Maranhao was created by the poet Joaquin Sousa Andrade and officialized on 6 December 1889. The bars represent the racial fusion of the people of Maranhão and of Brazil as a rule (indian, white men and black men); the blue field represents the sky and the star symbolizes the State.
Jaume Olle - 28-JUN-1996