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![[Guarani flag]](../images/p/py_gua.gif)
Clearly a derivative of the paraguayan
national flag, charged over all with a native artistic
motive.
António Martins, 06 Nov 1999
The symbol in the middle of the Guarani flag appears to be a piece
of nanduti or “spider web” lace. (To see examples of nanduti
lace patterns, go to www.onParaguay.com.)
I question whether this is a “real” flag. I spent several weeks in
Paraguay on two separate occasions, and never saw the flag pictured
here, though the Paraguayan flag was prominently displayed in many
places. I realize that this doesn’t prove anything, but it does make
me wonder if the flag pictured here is just a nice design to decorate
a web page, rather than a flag the Guarani people consider their own.
Terry Jaisy, 27 Apr 2001
Has anyone actually seen this flag other than on the website referred
to above? Is there any literature or news reports of its use? Is there a
definition or construction sheet someplace?
Terence Martin, 29 Apr 2003
Apparently not. At worse this is the usual Paraguay
national flag pattern (tricolor without the emblem) charged with a
traditional guarani ornament, used just once as a flag analogue. It might
be something more solid than that, though. I don’t know.
António Martins, 29 Apr 2003