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A horizontal tricolor, blue-white-green, with three inverted white five-pointed stars in the blue stripe, the words NOVO ITACOLOMI in blue on the white stripe and the municipal arms centred on the green stripe.
Official website at
http://www.novoitacolomi.pr.gov.br
Dirk Schönberger, 6 September 2011
The municipality of Novo Itacolomi (2,827 inhabitants in 2010; 162 sq. km) is
located in north central Paraná, 400 km of Curitiba. Novo Itacolomi was
settled in 1947 by colonists coming from Minas Gerais, expecting to grow
coffee on the "red soil". The "Companhia Melhoramentos Norte do Paraná"
(CMNP), following the establishment of the town of Cambira, decided to
establish a new settlement near Apucarana and Jandaia do Sul. The CMNP
selected the name of Nova Itacolomi among several variants - Itacolomy,
Taquaras, São Sebastião de Itacolomi and Itacolomi. The municipality of
Novo Itacolomi was established by State Decree-Law No. 9,387 of 28 September
1990, confirmed on 27 October 1991 by a plebiscite (1103 out of the 1,281
registered people votes "yes"), and inaugurated on 1 January 1993.
The
flag of Novo Itacolomi was designed by Manoel Gonçalves da Silva. The three
horizontal stripes represent the three ethnical components of the population.
The blue stripe represents the sky, with the stars representing the three
pillars of the Federation: Municipality, Union, State. Yellow represents our
resources. The white stripe represents peace. The green stripes represents
agriculture.
The coat of arms of Novo Itacolomi was designed by Joel
Marcos Macedo. The rope is an object whose fruit comes from a free seed [?].
The anchor is a symbol of hope, protection, support and shelter. Maize
(dexter) and cotton (sinister) are the main crops in the municipality. In
the middle, a flaming stone represents the Fire's Stone, as captioned on the
scroll [?]. The five stars mean Peace, Love, Union, Order and Progress.
The yellow circle recalls maize production. The white background symbolizes
peace.
http://www.novoitacolomi.pr.gov.br/?url=simbolos - Municipal
website
The "Symbols" page of the municipal website shows a photo of the
flag, as represented on the FOTW website, which is, according to recent
sightings, obsolete. The website of the Municipal Council shows portraits of
the councillors in front of the flag, never completely seen. Different photos
help to reconstruct the flag, which appears to have yellow stars pointing
upwards and placed on the descending diagonal of the stripe, green lettering
and the coat of arms in the green stripe.
http://www.cmnovoitacolomi.pr.gov.br/ver_ivanil.php
http://www.cmnovoitacolomi.pr.gov.br/ver_eder.php
http://www.cmnovoitacolomi.pr.gov.br/ver_fracisco.php
The flag used in
the 2011 Riding Parade has blue writing and lacks the coat of arms in the
lower stripe. The stars are, unfortunately not visible on the photos.
http://www.novoitacolomi.pr.gov.br/?url=alb#MissaSertanejaECavalgada2011/1
- Photo gallery
http://lh5.ggpht.com
http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hxbi0oy2Z2c/Tg27n7LZP1I/AAAAAAAAALU/d4-AvOb7Puk/Cavalgada
Yet another, undated photo of the Riding Parade shows what appears to
be the same flag, with yellow stars.
http://www.novoitacolomi.pr.gov.br/galeria.php - Photo gallery
http://www.novoitacolomi.pr.gov.br/img/cav_g.jpg
To conclude, if
possible, we have, at least, three variants of the flag of Novo Itacolomi,
the three of them backed up by photos.
- white stars, tilted, placed
horizontally, blue lettering, coat of arms (shown above);
- yellow stars
pointing upwards, placed ?, blue lettering, no coat of arms;
- yellow stars
pointing upwards, placed diagonally, green lettering, coat of arms (see below)
From the second photo of the Parade, one could even conclude
that the lettering is green on the reverse and blue on the obverse, providing
there are no light effects (of which I doubt, but...)
Ivan Sache, 20
February 2012