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Around the end of the 19th Century or beginning of the 20th
Century the Kuna Indians (in Panama) revolted and set up the
Republic of Tule or the Republic of the Men (Tule in their
language means "Men" and is the name they use for
themselves). The swastica is an ancient symbol of the culture of
the Kuna (Tule) people.
Jaume Ollé, 29 July 1996
by Dave Martucci and Antonio Martins, 4 April
2000
There are now also three indigenous districts, including the
"Comarca de San Blas", a.k.a. "Kuna Yala"
inhabited by the Kunas Indians
According a representativa of the Kuna natives in Spain, the old
flag of Kunas is currently in use; the swastika has not any
circular adorn, and the red colour is in fact dark organge
(information provided by vexillologist -and latin american
native peoples expert , Juanjo Gonzalez)
Jaume Olle', 1 January 2000
This currently used flag is then:
- without ring
- dark orange instead of red
- with yellow central stripe
- ratio: 2:3
- with central stripe higher than the others (1:4:1)
Antonio Martins and Jaume Olle', 19 March 2000
Two precisions:
the flag is now manufactured at 2:3 but as far as I know many
first peoples in Latin America prefer square (or close square)
pattern. I doubt that "official" regulation exist.
The central stripe is wider than the upper and lower ones, but
Juanjo (that didn't saw any original flag) is not sure if was
1:2:1, 1:3:1 or 1:4:1.
Jaume Olle', 12 April 2000
by Dave Martucci and Antonio Martins, 4 April
2000
by Dave Martucci and Antonio Martins, 4 April
2000
The first of these flags is from a Flag Bulletin [tfb] article which indicated it was
dimensions 4:5 with stripes (1:3:1) of red-yellow-red and a black
"reversed" swastika displayed on one arm (not on a
point as in the Nazi flag).
The second flag is from the "Flags of Aspirant Peoples"
chart, and is basically the same except a 2:3 ratio and with the
addition of a red ring hanging on the junction of the swastika.
I had occasion to ask Whitney Smith about the second flag and he
said it was modified in 1942 because of Nazi associations with
the swastika by the addition of a "nose ring." The
change was made by the Kunas "because everyone knows Germans
do not wear nose rings."
Dave Martucci, 12 November 1996
The second