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by Guillermo Aveledo, 4 august 2000
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Barinas is a western state of Venezuela and its name is based on one of its principal rivers. The barinensian flag is divided in three horizontal stripes with the same size. The sky-blue (above) represents a bright sky and the people's hope . The white (center) reminds the immensity and the mist of the Andes mountain foot. The green (below) symbolizes the "sabana" (the plain): the predominant landscape of the region. In the center appears a reclined red rectangle which represents the regional history, the warrior past of the state, the burned faces by the fire and the blood leaked for the Independence. Inside of the rectangle we can appreciates a yellow shining sun which reminds the emblematical color of the Liberal Party in the "War of the Federation" (1859-1863) a Venezuelan Civil War in the 19th Century and besides the Battle of Santa Ine's (December 10th, 1859) won by the troops under the command of General Ezequiel Zamora, leader of the liberal cause. The seven sunrays symbolize the seven provinces, which declared the Independence of Venezuela in July 5th, 1811: Barinas was one of them. The yellow truncated triangle represents the way oriented to the encounter with the sun and the union of both symbolical elements, reminds a spike of grain how the presence of the ground signing the development and highness of one people. The green palm tree represents the symbolical ecology of the state because this plant has a special presence in the oral and written literature of the region. All this symbols, in conjunction, reminds the "Camino de Palma y Sol"(The Palm and Sun's