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Esmeralda, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)

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Esmeralda, RS (Brazil) image by Ivan Sache, 17 July 2020


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Municipality

The municipality of Esmeralda (3,383 inhabitants in 2009; 83,330 ha) is located 300 km north-east of Porto Alegre.

Esmeralda was originally known as São José Velho, named for its patron saint, St. Joseph, and Antônio Joaquim Velho, who offered a plot to erect a chapel and establish a new settlement.
The municipality of Esmeralda was established by State Law No. 4,616 promulgated on 27 November 1963, separating from Vacaria, and inaugurated on 8 April 1964.

http://www.esmeralda.rs.gov.br/
Municipal website

Esmeralda is known as Terra de José Mendes. One of the most famous Gaúcho musicians, Zé Mendes (1939-1974) worked for 15 years in a farm located in Santa Terezinha, writing music during idle time. Subsequently famous all over Brazil, the musician is honored in the José Mendes Memorial, a violin-shaped building erected in Santa Terezinha in 2011.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghDRt3V-UTc
José Mendes Memorial, UPFTV

Ivan Sache, 17 July 2020


Symbols

The flag and arms of Esmeralda are prescribed by Municipal Law No. 231 promulgated on 21 May 1985.

Article 2.
The coat of arms of the municipality shall obey the following design and description;

A Portuguese shield, with a white background featuring in chief an emerald vert (green), the gem that gives its name to the municipality and symbolizes the beauty and color of its fields, forests, and Brazilian pinewoods.
Beneath the emerald is represented the stylized contour of a cow skin, which by its rustic character represents the territory when ruled by wild Indians and the first steps of colonization. Scattered over the cow skin are; in chief dexter a Maltese cross gules (red), used by the Portuguese during the discovery epos, which also highlights the religious feeling of the inhabitants of Esmeralda; in chief sinister, a brown mate calabash, symbolizing the vivid traditionalism that is part of our building, as well as union, friendship and hospitality; in the center, projected vertically over a representation of plains and mountains, an araucaria vert (green), representing vegetation as the most typical tree in the region, especially through its superb and majestic canopy, similar to a Gaúcho.
In canton, vert (green) with vertical furrows argent running down from the dexter side to the base, a representation of agriculture; in base sinister, also vert (green), a representation of the plains with a bovine cattle, highlighting cattle-breeding. Beneath, a line running from the dexter to the sinister side, superimposed with a representation of mountains vert (green), which also form the municipality's topography.
The shield surmounted by a brown, three-towered mural crown. Beneath the shield a scroll inscribed with the municipality's name and its date of political emancipation. The shield surrounded sinister by a soybean plant and dexter by a maize plant, the two vert (green) and or (yellow), representing the main crops in the municipality.

Article 4.
The flag of the municipality of Esmeralda shall have for official colors green, red and yellow, arranged in three horizontal stripes, the upper green, the lower yellow, and the central red charged with the municipal coat of arms, representing:
I. Green, hope in the future of the municipality and its inhabitants due to the potential represented by the plains, mountains and plants.
II. Yellow, the income resulting from work.
III. Red, the color of blood shed by the forerunners in the struggle for the right to dignity of the Riograndense people.

Article 5.
The flag's features shall obey the following rules:
I. The flag's width shall be of 12 units.
II. The flag's length shall be of 18 units
III. The width of the horizontal stripes shall be of 4 units.
IV. The coat of arms shall be centered on the red stripe, of 4 units in width, with the mural crown in the green stripe and the scroll in the yellow stripe.

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/e/esmeralda/lei-ordinaria/1985/24/231/lei-ordinaria-n-231-1985-institui-o-brasao-e-a-bandeira-como-simbolos-do-municipio-e-da-outras-providencias
Leis Municipais database

The flag in actual use has the same proportions as the flags of Brazil and Rio Grande do Sul and the coat of arms inscribed on a white disc.

Photos
https://www.camaraesmeralda.rs.gov.br>
http://www.esmeralda.rs.gov.br/v-noticia.php?n=581
http://www.8csm.eb.mil.br/index.php/2-destaque/134-esmeralda-rs-,-cerimonia-de-culto-à-bandeira-nacional.html

Ivan Sache, 17 July 2020