National symbols of Brazil

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This list contains national symbols of the Federative Republic of Brazil.

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List of symbols

SymbolNameImageReferences
Flag Flag of Brazil Flag of Brazil.svg [1] [2]
Coat of arms Coat of arms of Brazil Coat of arms of Brazil.svg [1] [3]
Seal National Seal of Brazil National Seal of Brazil (color).svg
(color)

National Seal of Brazil.svg
(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 Brasileiro"(lit. 'Brazilian National Anthem') Hino Nacional Brasileiro (partitura).jpg [1] [6]
National animal Jaguar Jaguar (Panthera onca palustris) female Piquiri River.JPG
National bird Sabiá-laranjeira (Turdus rufiventris), the rufous-bellied thrush Rufous-bellied thrush (Turdus rufiventris).JPG [7]
National tree Pau-brasil (Paubrasilia echinata), the brazilwood Pau-brasil - panoramio.jpg [8]
National floral emblem On 27 June 1961, President Janio Quadros issued a Federal Decree declaring the IPÊ-AMARELO as Brazil's National Flower.

The term IPÊ-AMARELO specifically refers to the Golden Trumpet Flower, while IPÊ denotes the Trumpet Tree. [a]

Golden Trumpet Tree.jpg
National founder Pedro I of Brazil Portrait of Dom Pedro, Duke of Braganca - Google Art Project edited.jpeg

Notes

  1. ↑ Popularly considered the National Flower of Brazil, [9] but not officially so. Proposed by president Juscelino Kubitschek in 1956, [10] president Jânio Quadros in 1961, [11] Minister of Agriculture Hugo de Almeida Leme  [ pt ] in 1965, [12] then again by federal deputy Diogo Nomura in 1974 and 1975. [13] [14] For various reasons, none of the proposals were ever voted on by Congress. The 1975 proposal was rejected by the Education and Culture Commission in 1977, with the reasoning that the "subject of the project is irrelevant" and that they "[did] not see [...] why consider the yellow ipê as the national flower of Brazil, when there exists, for example, the purple ipê [...], flowers like the coffee, the peach, etc., that could also deserve the intended distinction, not being agreeable, therefore, this measure we consider discriminatory."

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Vargas, Getúlio (4 September 1942). "Decreto-Lei Nº4.545 de 4 de setembro de 1942". Government of Brazil . Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Bandeira Nacional — Planalto". Government of Brazil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Armas Nacionais — Planalto". Government of Brazil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Selos — Planalto". Government of Brazil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "Ordem e Progresso – A França no Brasil". National Library of Brazil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "Hinos — Planalto". Government of Brazil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  7. ↑ Cardoso, Fernando Henrique (3 October 2002). "Decreto de 3 de Outubro de 2002". Government of Brazil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2024. O centro de interesse para as festividades do 'Dia da Ave' será o Sabiá (Turdus Rufiventris), como símbolo representativo da fauna ornitológica brasileira e considerada popularmente Ave Nacional do Brasil.
  8. ↑ Geisel, Ernesto (7 December 1978). "Lei Nº6.607 de 7 de dezembro de 1978". Government of Brazil . Art. 1º. Retrieved 4 August 2024. É declarada Árvore Nacional a leguminosa denominada Pau-Brasil (Caesalpinia Echinata, Lam)
  9. ↑ "Condições do tempo fazem ipês roxos florirem mais cedo no Jardim Botânico". Jornal do Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). National Library of Brazil. 2 August 1981. Retrieved 4 August 2024. O ipê é considerado flor nacional por consenso.
  10. ↑ Kubitschek, Juscelino (17 September 1956). "Projeto de Lei 1.851/1956". Chamber of Deputies (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  11. ↑ Quadros, Jânio (27 September 1961). "Projeto de Lei 3.380/1961". Chamber of Deputies (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "Leme quer ipê flor nacional" [Leme wants gold trumpet as national flower]. Jornal do Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). National Library of Brazil. 25 March 1965. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  13. ↑ Nomura, Diogo (29 September 1974). "Projeto de Lei 2.293/1974". Chamber of Deputies (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  14. ↑ Nomura, Diogo (6 August 1975). "Projeto de Lei 882/1975". Chamber of Deputies (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2024.
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