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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 CoA 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.
Until this report, the Amazonas State have not an official flag.
Sources: Special document produced by the Amazonas State
Government, 1999.
Raul Orta, 1 December 2001 and 5 December 2001