Argentina

Argentina

Last modified: 2000-01-14 by antonio martins
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• The plain triband
• How to display and carry the flag

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The Argentinian standard was conceived by General Belgrano, at the place where today is located the city of Rosario. He got the inspiration while he was staring at the sky, just before a battle, at the shores of the Paraná.
Felipe Flores Pinto, 1998-02-23

Followers of the Partido Justicialista prefer cyan (a mix of blue and green, ), those of the anterior Unión Cívica Radical government preferred whitish blue (). Anything in between is also acceptable, but saturated blue () definitely not. Argentinians call the main colour of their national flag celeste (that is colour of the day sky at the normal angles of sight).
Gerardo W. Fischer, 1996-06-22

[Editor’s note: Images in these pages uses FIAV/FOTW "B--" (RGB:51-204-255, ) for celeste.]

Sometimes, the sun's eyes and mouth are oulined in red, not black. Is this O.K.?
António Martins, 2 Jun 1998

Presidential decree number 1541 signed by Argentine President Raul Ricardo Alfonsin on 16 August 1985, and companion law number 23,208 of the same date proved that Argentine citizens have the right to use (tienen derecho a usar) the official national flag (la Bandera Oficial de la Nacion), provided it is used with respect and honor. Article 1 of both instruments makes explicit that citizens--not merely the federal, provincial, and territorial governments--have the right to use the Argentine flag containing the sun emblem in the center stripe. Article 2 of these instruments ablishes portions of earlier decrees (25 April 1884, 19 June 1943, and 24 April 1944) that restriced the use of the sun-bearing flag to the military and government agencies and derogated the legal status of the plain flag.

[...] The 1985 law does not abolish the Agentine flag without the sun, which has existed since 1816; rather, the law simply extnds the use of the sun flag to all Argentines, provided it is accorded honor and respect. Additionally, by abolishing certain articles of the 1940s decrees, the 1985 law has the effect of again recognizing the plain triband as an official flag of Argentine national character.

When cerimonially carried, the Argentine flag is subject to certain particular and elaborated practices:

• Flag Apparels:
  The law requires that an Argentine National Pavillion (a carrying flag) shall be:
  • Tied by four sets of double white ribbons to a carrying pole.
  • The carrying pole shall be of a specific national wood (similar to mahogany), 2.10 m tall, tipped with a silver polished metal point and a horizontal crescent.
  • A Cravatte, with a bow and two long tippets, all in the same design as the flag, finished in gold thread, shall be tied to the point. The name of the Army, School, Club, etc. could be embroidered on the tippets. Decorations and medals (if any) are pinned to the cravatte.
  • The Sun of May (which is centered in the white stripe), complete with face and right and flaming rays, shall be embroidered in gold thread, normally with a certain volume or relief in the face.
• Flag Bearers:
  • The carrying belt is not frontal, but a complete body band, used from left shoulder to waist, made of strong leather and covered with satin flag colours. It shall have an embroidered national coat of arms (not the Sun of May, to avoid confussion with the Presidential badge).
  • The flag bearer shall wear white gloves.