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31 January 2022The municipality of Anahy (2,801 inhabitants in 2019; 10,265 ha) is located
600 km west of Curitiba.
Anahy was established in 1959 by the Companhia
Brasileira de Imigração e Colonização (Cobrimco), as Pingo de Ouro; the place
was subsequently renamed for Anahy, the daughter of the company's manager.
Anahy was first settled in 1950 by Ricardo and Matilde Pfeffer, who planted
coffee. They were joined in 1955 by Antonio Felisberto, Sebastião Miguel and
Antonio Mazzocatto, who came from Minas Gerais and São Paulo.
http://www.anahy.pr.gov.br/
Municipal website
The flag of Anahy is white with celestial blue and red
horizontal stripes on top and bottom, respectively, and a vertical green stripe
and triangle placed along the hoist. The municipal coat of arms is displayed in
the center of the white panel.
Photo
https://www.facebook.com/municipiodeanahy/photos/233469750479212
The
coat of arms is composed of a shield surmounted by a yellow, eight-towered mural
crown, with only five towers visible in perspective view, with red gates.
The
shield's upper left quarter features a forest area partially cleared and planted
with crops, representing the initiation of colonization and the build up of the
Anahy community.
The upper right quarter features a classroom with a map of
the state of Paraná, a terrestrial globe, books, an inkpot and quill,
representing education and culture.
The upper central part features an
escutcheon portraying St. Ann, the patron saint of the municipality of Anahy.
The shield is divided horizontally in the center by blue wavy lines representing
rivers Piquiri, Sapucaí, and dos Porcos, as well as many other brooks and
streams that irrigate the municipality's fertile land.
The lower left quarter
features cultivated fields with an oxen's head and a pig's head, representing
the municipality's flourishing breeding.
The lower right quarter features a
tractor and a farmer preparing the soil, representing agriculture. In Anahy,
more than 70% of the cultivated area is mechanically processed, which makes of
the town one of the region's main agricultural centers.
The lower central
part features a [winged] helmet, symbolizing commerce.
The outer ornaments
are maize, bean, coffee, soybean and wheat plants, all fructed proper,
representing the municipality's main sources of income.
The red scroll is
inscribed in the center with the toponym "ANAHY" surrounded left by
"11.06.1990", the day, month and year of creation of the municipality, and right
by "01.01.1993", the month, day and year of political and administrative
emancipation of the municipality.
http://www.anahy.pr.gov.br/index.php?sessao=b054603368ncb0&id=1908
Municipal website
The local tradition reports that early colonist Antonio
Mazzocatto fell in love with Ana, the daughter of his associate José Guerro.
They never married but Antonio proposed to dedicate the parish to St. Ann to
honor Ana.
Another early colonist, Ricardo Pfeffer, coined the name of river
dos Porcos (Pigs' River); during the clearing of the area, he met near the river
a group of wild pigs and killed two of them.
http://www.anahy.pr.gov.br/index.php?sessao=b054603368ncb0&id=1906
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 31 January 2022
