Last modified: 2002-02-07 by antonio martins
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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
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