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A foreign flag may only be flown with a Brazilian Flag along its right side. The only exceptions are when the foreign flag is displayed in an embassy or consulate and in prize-giving ceremonies of sport competitions won by foreign athletes. When multiple flags are raised or lowered simultaneously, the Brazilian Flag must be the first to reach ...
Flag of the Portuguese Brazil: The armillary sphere representing the Portuguese navigation on a white field; was the banner of the Princes of Brazil. 1630–1654 Flag of the Dutch Brazil / New Holland 1789 Flag of Inconfidência Mineira: 1798 Flag used in Revolt of the Tailors: 1816–1822 Flag of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the ...
Five unequal horizontal bands; the top-most band of blue - equal to one half the width of the flag - is followed by three bands of white, red, and white, each equal to 1/12 of the width, and a bottom stripe of blue equal to one quarter of the flag width; a circle of 10 yellow, five-pointed stars is centered on the red stripe and positioned 3/8 ...
The Brazilian flag hoisted weighs about 600 kilograms (1300 pounds) and has never been taken down (not counting monthly replacements) since the capital was inaugurated on 21 April 1960. The flag is changed monthly in the presence of Presidential Guard Battalion, Independence Dragoons, other troops and sometimes the President of Brazil.
The Brazilian flag was raised at the Argentine ambassador's residence in Caracas, according to a Reuters witness, and subsequently taken down, though it was not clear why.
Flag: Flag of Brazil [1] [2] Coat of arms: Coat of arms of Brazil [1] [3] Seal: National Seal of Brazil (color) (without color) [1] [4] National motto "Ordem e Progresso" (lit. ' Order and Progress ') — [5] National colors: Cores nacionais Green Yellow "May be used officially alongside": Blue White [1] National anthem "Hino Nacional ...
A journalist covering the soccer World Cup in Qatar on Tuesday said local police hassled him outside a stadium after a regional Brazilian flag was mistaken for an LGBTQ pride flag. Brazilian ...
The flag we fly today is not how it appeared two centuries ago. The original flag, created in 1776, was designed with 13 stars and 13 stripes to represent the 13 American colonies.