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2 November 2021
The municipality of Caibi (6,199 inhabitants; 17,171 ha) is located on the
border with Rio Grande do Sul, here river Uruguai, 630 km west of Florianópolis.
Caibi was settled in the late 1940s by Italian colonists mostly coming from
Rio Grande do Sul. Originally named to São Domingos, the place was renamed to
Caibi, a Tupi-Guarani world meaning "green leaves", in 1951. Incorporated to
Palmitos in 1954, Caibi was elevated to a district in 1959 and a municipality in
1964.
https://www.caibi.sc.gov.br/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 2 November 2021
The flag and arms of Caibi are prescribed by Municipal Law No. 328
promulgated on 21 March 1975.
Article 6.
The municipal flag of Caibi,
designed by the heraldist Arcinoé Antonio Peixoto de Faria, shall be quartered
by a saltire, with green quarters formed by four white stripes of 2 units in
width superimposed with red stripes of 1 unit, arranged two by two in bend and
bend sinister, running from the angles of a central, white rectangle of 6 units
in width on 8 units in length charged with the municipal coat of arms.
§1. In compliance with the tradition of Portuguese heraldry, and their inherited
canons and rules, municipal flags have to be divided in eight, six, four or
three parts, featuring the same colors as the field of the coat of arms and in
the center or at hoist a geometrical figure inscribing the municipal coat of
arms.
§2. The municipal flag of Cabai obeys this general rule, being
quartered in saltire. The coat of arms applied on the flag represents the
municipal government while the white rectangle inscribing it represents the town
proper as the municipal seat. White is a symbol of peace, friendship, work,
prosperity, purity and religious feeling. The white stripes charged with red
stripes represent the spread of municipal power all over the territory. Red is a
symbol of dedication, patriotic love, audacity, intrepidity, courage and
valiance. The green quarters represent the rural estates scattered over the
municipal territory. Green is a symbol of honor, civility, courtesy, glee,
abundance and hope; green also represents the greening fields in spring
promising profuse harvests
Article 7.
In compliance with heraldic
rules, the municipal flag shall have the official dimensions adopted for the
national flag, 14 units in width on 20 units in length.
Article 19.
The coat of arms of Caiba, designed by the heraldist Arcinoé Antonio Peixoto de
Faria,is described as follows:
A Samnite shield surmounted by a six-towered
mural crown argent ports gules, in chief St. Catherine's armed wheel surrounded
dexter and sinister by Brazilian pines proper issuant from a base vert charged
with a pig passant sable. The shield supported dexter and sinister by wheat,
soybean and maize plants fructed proper superimposed to a scroll gules
containing in letters argent the toponym "CAIBI" and the dates "1957" and
"1964".
The coat of arms has the following symbolic interpretation:
a)
The Samnite shield, used to represent the arms of Caibi, was the first style of
shield introduced to Portugal by French influence, inherited by the Brazilian
heraldry to evoke the colonizing race and main builder of the nation;
b) The
mural crown surmounting the shield is the universal symbol of domain's coat of
arms; argent (silver) with six towers, four visible in perspective view, it
classifies the town as of third rank or municipal seat.
c) Argent (silver) is
a symbol of peace, friendship, work, prosperity, purity and religious feeling.
d) In chief, St. Catherine's armed wheel gules (red) recalls that the town
belongs to Santa Catarina state.
e) Gules (red) is a symbol of dedication,
patriotic love, audacity, intrepidity, courage and valiance.
f) The stylized
Brazilian pines proper issuant from a base vert (green) recall timber industry,
the municipality's natural resource.
g) Vert (green) recalls the town's name,
Caibi meaning "a dense forest" or "green leaves". Green is also a symbol of
honor, civility, courtesy, glee, abundance and hope; green also represents the
greening fields in spring promising profuse harvests.
h) The pig sable
(black) represents pig breeding, one of the municipality's main sources of
income.
i) Sable (black) is the heraldic symbol of austerity, prudence,
moderation, wisdom and firmness.
j) The outer ornaments, maize and soybean,
represent the main products of the generous and fertile soil, sources of income
for the municipality.
i) On a scroll gules (red), in letters argent (silver)
the identifying toponym "CAIBI" is surrounded by years "1957", for the
district's creation, and "1965", for its political emancipation.
http://www.legislacaomunicipal.com/gedocnet/imagens/82940776000156/Lei00325.pdf
Legislação Municipal database
Photo
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradecaibi/photos/a.705280526263506/1559488307509386/?type=3&theater
Ivan Sache, 2 November 2021
