Last modified: 2002-03-23 by joe mcmillan
Keywords: brazil | santa catarina | brusque | cogwheel | bend sinister | axe |
Links: FOTW homepage |
search |
disclaimer and copyright |
write us |
mirrors
by Joseph McMillan
The flag of the Municipality of Brusque is white with the municipal coat of arms on
the center. The coat of arms, approved by Law No. 158 on 22 December 1956
and modified by Law No. 2351/99 on 2 July 1999, is green with a wavy bend sinister in
silver between a cogwheel and an axe, both gold. The shield is of the round-bottomed
Portuguese style, representing the Portuguese origins of the Brazilian settlers.
The shield is ensigned with a gold mural crown, which the law ascribes as
emblematic of a city that is a municipal seat. The red scroll is inscribed in silver
with the name of the municipality between the dates 1860 (the date that the colonization
of the area by German settlers was approved) and 1881 (the date Brusque became a
separate municipality. The green field symbolizes the primeval forests, the
wavy silver stripe the Itajaí-Mirim River, the gold axe the pioneering work of the
first settlers and explorers, and the cogwheel the textile and other industries
established in the area. A gold cross in superimposed on the center of the cogwheel
to represent the Christian faith. The gold color is said to represent labor and
the efforts of the people to develop the common fatherland of Brazil. The combination
of green and gold is also supposed to recall the colors of the national flag.
Joseph McMillan, 9 March 2002