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The municipality of Godoy Moreira (3,337 inhabitants in 2010; 13,101 ha) is
located 450 km north-west of Curitiba.
Godoy Moreira was established in
the 1970s, when plots were offered to colonists in Gleba Ubá, a vast domain
owned by Francisco Elias Godoy Moreira. The district of Godoy Moreira was
established as part of the municipality of São João do Ivaí by State Law No. 915
promulgated on 2 September 1977, to be elevated a municipality by State Law No.
8,847 promulgated on 5 April 1989.
http://godoymoreira.pr.gov.br/
Municipal website
The flag and arms of Godoy Moreira are prescribed by
Municipal Law No. 6 promulgated on 10 April 1980.
Article 3.
The flag
of the municipality of Godoy Moreira has for proportions 14 units in width on 20
units in length.
§1. The proportions of the municipal flag are those of the
national flag.
Article 14.
The municipal flag of Godoy Moreira is
divided into four parts as described below.
The flag is composed of three
horizontal stripes and a triangle.
The first stripe, in the upper part, is
blue (azure).
In the rectangle's center, a white (argent) stripe.
The
third stripe, in the lower part, is red (gules).
At the flag's left, an green
(vert) irregular triangle.
In the upper blue (azure) stripe's left, a yellow
(gold) star.
§1. The flag's obverse and reverse shall be identical, in
compliance with the rules of vexillology.
§2. In compliance with good style
in vexillology and heraldry, the municipal flag of Godoy Moreira is of most
simplicity, so that anyone of school age can reproduce it.
The flag of the
municipality of Godoy Moreira was imagined, designed and adapted to Brazilian
municipal heraldry by heraldist and vexillologist Reynaldo Valascki, using legal
and proportional norms.
Article 15.
The four parts of the flag of
Godoy Moreira in their colors have the following symbolic.
I - The upper blue
(azure) stripe symbolizes the clement sky that covers the territory of the
municipality of Godoy Moreira: it also symbolizes justice, nobleness, praise,
perseverance, zeal, sweetness, dignity, vigilance, perfection and incorruptible
firmness (Guelfi, 64; Asêncio, 63; Ronchetti, 126).
II - The yellow (gold)
star represents a tribute to great pioneer and colonist Francisco Elias de Godoy
Moreira, who in the past chose the beautiful and promising lands where the seat
of the municipality of Godoy Moreira is located.
III - The white stripe
(argent) symbolizes peace, friendship, purity, innocence, beauty, felicity,
integrity, equity and truth (Guelfi, 51; Asêncio, 61).
IV - The red stripe in
the lower stripe symbolizes authority, greatness, majesty and triumph (Ronchetti,
798; Asêncio 61)
V - Green (vert) primarily symbolizes the rainforest where
the town and the municipality of Godoy Moreira emerged; it also symbolizes the
plains and crops in rural areas, being also the heraldic symbol of hope and
faith. Hope and faith are the main tools of progress and characteristic
attributes of the whole Godoy Moreira's people.
Article 16.
The coat
of arms in the center of the municipal flag symbolizes the spread of the
municipal power to all the parts of the municipality of Godoy Moreira.
Article 18.
The coat of arms of the municipality of Godoy Moreira was
designed according to the legal norms of Brazilian municipal heraldry.
The
mural crown surmounting the shield is the universal symbol of domains' coats of
arms; yellow (or) with eight towers, only five of them visible in perspective
view, it classifies a 3rd rank, that is, the seat of a municipality.
Yellow
(or) represents in heraldry glory and splendor, wealth, greatness and
sovereignty.
The escutcheon in chief is the symbol of people's faith, and
also the image of humility and fraternity between humans. It symbolizes the
cross on which Jesus was martyred, as a symbol of the Christian religion and of
redemption for all Christians. The cross is dark red (purpure) as an heraldic
symbol of devotion, authority and triumph. It mostly represents religious
feelings and faith to God of Godoy Moreira's people.
The field of the shield
is divided into four quarters.
The first quarter, upper left, features the
rainforest and land cleared by the pioneers, recalling those who came in the
region and grew different types of crops that are sources of income for all of
those who lived and still live in the area.
The second quarter, right,
features in the upper part an inkpot, a quill, a book, a terrestrial globe and a
map of Paraná, the whole representing and symbolizing education and culture in
the municipality of Godoy Moreira.
The third quarter, in base, features a
tractor driven by a farmer and a vast area grown with diverse crops, symbolizing
the great agricultural potential of Godoy Moreira's territory.
The fourth
quarter, lower right, features vast green plains, a bovine and a pig's head,
symbolizing the great potential for cattle and pig breeding in the municipality.
Green (vert) is a symbol of green hope, alluding to greening fields in spring
promising profuse harvests.
Beneath the two lower quarters, a triangle
featuring a handshake symbolizing union and force of people and races who
struggle and work in a fraternal spirit for the development and progress of the
municipality of Godoy Moreira.
The shield is supported dexter by soybean and
wheat plants, sinister by bean and maize plants, beneath the shield by cotton
plants, all fructed, symbolizing the main products of the generous and fertile
land that represent the income of the municipality of Godoy Moreira.
Beneath
the shield a red (gules) scroll inscribed with the toponym "Godoy Moreira"
surrounded left by "05.04.1989", the date of creation of the municipality, and
right by "01.01.1990", the date of its emancipation.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/pr/g/godoy-moreira/lei-ordinaria/1990/1/6/lei-ordinaria-n-6-1990-dispoe-sobre-a-forma-e-a-apresentacao-dos-simbolos-do-municipio-de-godoy-moreira-estado-do-parana
Leis Municipais database
Ivan Sache, 2 February 2022
