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- Use of the Flag
- Historical Flags of Panama
- Cuna Indians
Use of the Flag
The current national flag was confirmed by Law 48 of 1925, and ratified by law 28 of 28 March 1941. The blue and red is for the Conservative Party and Liberal Party; the white is for peace; the blue star is the purity and honesty of the life of the country; the red star is for authority and law in the country.
Jaume Oll�, 1996-09-04
Historical Flags of Panama
First Flag
The flag was proposed by Felipe Bunau Varilla before independence.
1903 Flag
This flag was drawn by Manuel Amador, son of the first President of the Republic, and made for his mother Maria Ossa de Amador. Basically it is the same as the current national flag but the colour are in a different order.
The flag was used from 3 November 1903 to 20 December 1903. After this date the order was changed for unknown reasons, and the new flag (the current flag) was adopted oficially by law 64 of 4 June 1904. In 1906 a competition for a new national flag was initiated, but the flag not was changed.
Jaume Oll�, 1996-09-04
Cuna Indians
Around the end of the 19th Century or beginning of the 20th Century the Cuna Indians (in Panama) revolted and set up the Republic of Tule or the Republic of the Men (Tule in their language means "Men" and is the name they use for themselves). Their flag is a swastica, which I have drawn from a written description. The ratio is 2:3, with a narrow red border, and the position of the swastica (i.e., inclined as the German III Reich swastica, or plain) is not known for sure. The swastica is a symbol of the culture of the Cuna (Tule) people.Jaume Oll�, 29-JUL-1996