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The flag of this municipality can be found at
http://www.pontenet.com.br/pmp/prefe_mu.html.
Joseph McMillan, 6 February 2001
According to Municipal Law 318 (found at the same site), the
flag is 14 x 20 units, sky blue (azul-celeste), divided into quadrants by a
white cross, representing the Christian spirit of the people. The vertical
arm of the cross, 8 units wide, is for the city proper and has the municipal
coat of arms on it representing the municipal government. The horizontal
arm is 4 units wide and represents the radiation of muncipal authority
throughout the territory. The blue field represents the spring sky, as well
as the usual noble pseudo-heraldic virtues
ascribed to blue in Brazilian
blazons (likewise for the white). The coat of arms, 7 units high, contains
a bishop's miter and pastoral staff with a cattle-bell in base, a dexter
flanche with the red triangle of Minas Gerais and a blue five-pointed star,
and a sinister flanche with an open hand and a rancher's hunting horn. The
shield is surrounded on right and left by stalks of sugar cane. The date on
the scroll, flanking the name, is 30 December 1962.
Joseph McMillan, 18 March 2002