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![[Flag of São João do Caiuá (Paraná), PR (Brazil)]](../images/b/br-pr-344.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 10 February 2022
The municipality of São João do Caiuá (6,051 inhabitants in 2013; 30,441 ha) is
located 550 km north-west of Curitiba.
The flag and arms of São João do
Caiuá were designed by heraldist and vexillologist Reynaldo Valascki.
In
compliance with heraldic rules, the municipal flag shall have the official
dimensions prescribed for the national flag, 14 units in width on 20 (units in
length.
The flag is composed of a larger horizontal rectangle in red color
(gules) and a smaller vertical rectangle in white color (argent), in which the
coat of arms of the municipality is inserted in the center.
The coat of arms
in the center of the flag represents the municipal government. The rectangle
that inscribes it symbolizes the town as the seat of the municipality.
The
red color (gules) symbolizes the conquest of lands through arduous armed
struggles by explorers and settlers, as the fertile lands were inhabited by
native people from the Caiuá tribes, who were based in the southwest of the
state of São Paulo and south of Mato Grosso. The white color (argent) symbolizes
the tranquility that prevails in the territory of the municipality and the peace
and respect that reigns in the community of São João.
The coat of arms
has the following symbolic interpretation.
The classic Flemish-Iberian shield
used to represent the arms of the municipality of São João do Caiuá is of French
origin, introduced in the Iberian Peninsula during the struggles against the
Moors, and inherited in Brazilian heraldry as evocative of the colonizing race
and the main builder of the nation.
The mural crown that surmounts it is a
universal symbol of domains; yellow (or) with eight towers, only five of them
visible in perspective view, it classifies a 3rd rank town, that is, the seat of
a municipality. The red openings (gules), through the meaning of this color in
heraldry, are consistent with the attributes of the pioneers, explorers and
leaders of the community. On top of the shield and below the mural crown,
distinctly at the very center, a yellow (or) fleur-de-lis symbolizes the
municipality's patron saint, St. John the Baptist.
The first, blue
(azure) quarter symbolizes the rural properties existing in the municipality's
territory. It features in the center a white (argent) star that symbolizes the
municipality's supreme greatness. The yellow (or) mural crown is the symbol of
glory, splendor, greatness, wealth and sovereignty; black (sable) symbolizes
prudence, moderation, austerity and firmness.
The second, right (dexter)
quarter features small geographic features of the municipal territory, and a
native from the Tupi-Guarani tribe Caiuá, who inhabited the fertile lands of the
municipality.
The third quarter has a celestial blue field, a color that
symbolizes peace, friendship, justice, nobleness, perseverance, zeal, loyalty,
recreation and the beauty of the mild sky that covers the municipal territory. A
clearer and country man, with an axe down, symbolizes the struggle for ecology,
exemplifying to everyone that today's duty is to plant trees and not cut them
down, as trees are the greatest sources of health and purity of the rich air we
breathe.
The shield is supported left (sinister) by cotton and maize plants,
which represent the greatness and resources of the municipality of São João do
Caiuá.
http://www.cmsaojoaodocaiua.pr.gov.br/index.php?sessao=09066e4b86h109&id=61
Website of the Municipal Chamber
Photo
https://www.facebook.com/sjcaiua/photos/503376453135399
Ivan Sache, 10 February 2022