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Notable variants and usual errors.
António Martins, 22 Dec 2016
![[flag]](../images/c/cv!ud.gif)
image by Željko Heimer, 21 Jun 2016
This is a usual trend, that of upside-down hoisting of the national flag of
Cabo Verde, especially often in situations where the choice of which side goes
up is made by people unfamiliar with the flag. Is the geometry of this design
somehow more “natural” when the red stripe is turned to the top
edge, instead of in the official and correct, bottom-heavy position? (Similar
cases are reported for Germany and
Russia.)
António Martins, 22 Jun 2016
On
line photo showing regular flag hoisted upside down — an often enough
sighting, even in official settings, such as this one taken at the 5th
C.P.L.P. confference held in São Tomé e
Príncipe, in 2004.08.02.
António Martins, 15 Jul 2007
![[flag]](../images/c/cv!uds.gif)
image by Željko Heimer and
António Martins, 21 Jun 2016
While upside-down hoisting of a correct flag
will have its stars poiting down, there is also the case of otherwise
correct flags (or, more usually, mere depictions of flags) showing the
stars pointing down, a situation that afflicts several other flags with
stars, such as the European Union’s.
An example of this (also with wrong E.U.!) in an official situation in with
two
plaques showing the national flag at a government facility in São
Filipe island: on the left the correct flag, on the right the flag
depicted with its stars pointing downwards.
António Martins, 22 Jun 2016
![[flag]](../images/c/cv!bigs.gif)
image by Mark Sensen and António Martins, 06 May 2017
While the relative size of the 10 stars on the Cabo Verde national flag is not clearly specified in the Constitution, flags with stars bigger than, say, 1/8th of the flag’s height look cluttered and are a seldom sight. Back in the 1990s and 2000s, though, such designs were more often — incl. in this very website, which might even have set the trend. More examples, incl. actual cloth items:
Flag-like pattern!
![[flag]](../images/c/cv!2rows.gif)
image by António Martins, 21 Jun 2016 |
The above is an illustration of this pattern, but not really a flag
— still to be attested are any actual flags showing this
arrangement
António Martins, 22 Jun 2016
On
line image showing national flag pattern but with the stars in line on
the blue area in sportsmen uniforms (arguably an “official”
item).
António Martins, 15 Jul 2007
This is a recurrent flag-inspired pattern that has a red stripe with
white fimbriation on blue background with two parallel rows or lines of
yellow stars. This is very popular to express support or allegiance for
Cabo Verde in clothing items and accessories, maybe as much as depictions
of the flag itself. (See one more example among other hanging garments on
this
photo.)
António Martins, 22 Jun 2016
![[flag]](../images/c/cv!sym.gif)
image by António Martins, 04 May 2017
This design is also sometimes found in inaccurate or wittingly
“sketchy” depictions of the flag, such as a painting on the
wall of a meeting room in the town hall of São
Lourenço dos Órgãos
(two
photos).
António Martins, 06 May 2017
![[flag]](../images/c/cv!0star.gif)
image by António Martins, 22 Jun 2016
The case of incorrect / simplified CV national flag lacking the ring of
10 stars, being merely a stripped pattern of blue, white, red, white, and
blue, if accurate in proportions of 6+1+1+1+3. Very frequent as a bunting
ornamental pattern (even more than the same with stars
in two rows) but also occasionally as incorrect depictions of actual
flags.
António Martins, 22 Jun 2016
Portugal, the former colonial master, uses a
simplified national flag as its (very “official”) civil and
military aircraft fin flash and rudder
mark, which may (be thought to) exhert some influence.
António Martins, 17 Oct 2007
On line
photo showing a national flag without the ring of stars is shown in use
in a currency exchange rate table in Portugal.
António Martins, 17 Oct 2007
On these online photos
(#g213,
#g214
and
#g218)
what seems to be a starless variation of the national flag; on these, at the
same location and time
(#g217
and
#g216),
we see that the stars are there…
António Martins, 21 Nov 2006
A starless flag pattern is some times used in several Capeverdean quasi
official items, such as national team uniforms.
António Martins, 17 Oct 2007
Here’s one more or less official example, the
swuimsuit
of Ayline Fortes as CV’s participant in
Miss
Tourism World 2015.
António Martins, 22 Jun 2016
![[flag]](../images/c/cv!0sym.gif)
image by António Martins, 06 May 2017
![[flag]](../images/c/cv!5eq.gif)
image by António Martins, 22 Dec 2016
This ultra simplified version shows the national flag
of Cabo Verde, modified to be a simple ribbon of the national colors,
with five equal horizontal stripes of blue, white, and red,
no stars — it is used frequently as a
simple ribbon or bunting, most often in depicted representations, some
times realized in clothing items.
António Martins, 22 Dec 2016
It is not usual to see it taking the role of an actual flag, but
it was
used in nothing lesser than the logo of one of the candidates of the
recent presidential elections — exactly
Jorge Carlos
Fonseca, incubent candidate who was reelected (and it doesn’t
get more unofficially official than this).
António Martins, 22 Dec 2016
This is virtually identical to the ICS
signal flag “Charlie”, as both have variable ratios
and variable shades of blue.
António Martins, 04 May 2017
![[flag]](../images/c/cv!r.gif)
image by Željko Heimer and
António Martins, 30 Mar 2016
In
this
photo (taken on 2012.02.24 in São Filipe
mun.) we can see a mural painting (in support of
M.p.D. party) that shows the national flag as the
backround pattern for slogans, in a kind of grass-root naive political
campagning, painted for the 2011 presidential elections. It shows two
contiguous panels (on the walls of two neighbouring houses), one using the
national flag as described and the other using a red version, i.e.
with the main background of the flag colored in the same hue as the thin
red stripe. I have no idea about its significance, which might have been
merely a matter of «We’ve run out of blue paint!».
António Martins, 30 Mar 2016
On the other hand, red have been growingly
associated with this party, once even an
official logo designed to look loosely like
national flag, with a red panel.
António Martins, 22 Dec 2016 and 21 Nov 2006
![[flag]](../images/c/cv!n.gif)
image by Željko Heimer and
António Martins, 04 May 2017
Adding to the possibly meaningful red version and
to the varying, unfixed blue shade range, a
depiction of the national flag of Cabo Verde with black instead of blue
can be seen online at at least one location (examples:
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]).
This is from the catalog of an online store offering disparate patriotic
merchandising and memorabilia, apparently catering especially to the Dutch
Caboverdean diaspora. I am not sure about how this error could creep in (or
the significance of the intentional change, if that’s the case).
António Martins, 04 May 2017
Strangely enough, I never saw any modified Cabo Verde flag with green
instead of blue. Given the name of the country
and the most often causes of disgruntlement against the current flag (blue
is deemed “un-African” and there’s a lack of
continuity with the
Pan-African colors), such modification would
seem logical…
António Martins, 06 May 2017
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