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![[Canas,
SP (Brazil)]](../images/b/br-sp-cn.gif)
image by Joseph McMillan
The flag of Canas is a vertical tricolor, green, white, and red (the image
at the source page shows blue-white-red, but the description clearly says
green, and the reference is to Italy, not France).
The colors are ascribed
the usual heraldic significance, but primarily represent the flag of Italy,
the homeland of the founders of Canas. In upper hoist, all in gold, are a
star, symbolizing the area of Caninhas (location of the first settlement), a
tau cross, symbolizing St. Anthony (whose image was brought from Italy and
who became the patron of the settlement) and a fleur-de-lis, symbolizing Our
Lady of Perpetual Help. The municipal coat of arms is on the center of the
white stripe. The coat of arms of Canas is green with three escutcheons
across the chief: one with the Italian flag, one with the Italian arms, and
one with what is described as a cross paty but is actually the cross of the
Order of Christ. On the field, in yellow, are emblems of three aspects of
local agriculture: a plow, two stalks of cane (in Portuguese cana), and a
stylized tractor. In base is a smoking chimney. The shield is surrounded
by stalks of cane. The motto scroll rests atop rice sheaves and is
inscribed "1887 - CANAS - 1993 - 1997." The shield is topped with a mural
crown with five towers visible, the gates open to show red within. The
three inescutcheons represent the Italian immigrants who settled Canas and
the Portuguese navigators who first explored the area. The dates are those
of arrival of the first Italian immigrants, of Canas's achievement of
municipal status, and of the inauguration of the first elected prefect. The
flag was designed by Vicente de Paulo.
Source: www.coneleste.com.br
Joseph McMillan, 18 March 2003
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