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Notable variants and usual errors.
António Martins, 22 Dec 2016
image by Željko Heimer, 21 Jun 2016
This is a usual trend, that of upside-down hoisting of the national
flag of Cabo Verde, especially often in situations where the choice of
which side goes up is made by people unfamiliar with the flag. Is the
geometry of this design somehow more “natural” when the
red stripe is turned to the top edge, instead of in the official and
correct, bottom-heavy position? (Similar cases are reported for
Germany and
Russia.)
António Martins, 22 Jun 2016
On
line photo showing regular flag hoisted upside down — an often
enough sighting, even in official settings, such as this one taken at the
5th C.P.L.P. confference held in São
Tomé e Príncipe, in 2004.08.02.
António Martins, 15 Jul 2007
image by Željko Heimer and
António Martins, 21 Jun 2016
While upside-down hoisting of a correct flag
will have its stars poiting down, there is also the case of otherwise
correct flags (or, more usually, mere depictions of flags) showing the
stars pointing down, a situation that afflicts several other flags with
stars, such as the European Union’s.
An example of this (also with wrong E.U.!) in an official situation in with
two
plaques showing the national flag at a government facility in São
Filipe island: on the left the correct flag, on the right the flag
depicted with its stars pointing downwards.
António Martins, 22 Jun 2016
Flag-like pattern!
image by António Martins, 21 Jun 2016 |
The above is an illustration of this pattern, but not really a flag
— still to be attested are any actual flags showing this
arrangement
António Martins, 22 Jun 2016
On
line image showing national flag pattern but with the stars in line on
the blue area in sportsmen uniforms (arguably an “official”
item).
António Martins, 15 Jul 2007
This is a recurrent flag-inspired pattern that has a red stripe with
white fimbriation on blue background with two parallel rows or lines of
yellow stars. This is very popular to express support or allegiance for
Cabo Verde in clothing items and accessories, maybe as much as depictions
of the flag itself. (See one more example among other hanging garments on
this
photo.)
António Martins, 22 Jun 2016
image by António Martins, 22 Jun 2016
The case of incorrect / simplified CV national flag lacking the ring of
10 stars, being merely a stripped pattern of blue, white, red, white, and
blue, if accurate in proportions of 6+1+1+1+3. Very frequent as a bunting
ornamental pattern (even more than the same with stars
in two rows) but also occasionally as incorrect depictions of actual
flags.
António Martins, 22 Jun 2016
Portugal, the former colonial master, uses a
simplified national flag as its (very “official”) civil and
military aircraft fin flash and rudder
mark, which may (be thought to) exhert some influence.
António Martins, 17 Oct 2007
On line
photo showing a national flag without the ring of stars is shown in use
in a currency exchange rate table in Portugal.
António Martins, 17 Oct 2007
On these online photos
(#g213,
#g214
and
#g218)
what seems to be a starless variation of the national flag; on these, at the
same location and time
(#g217
and
#g216),
we see that the stars are there…
António Martins, 21 Nov 2006
A starless flag pattern is some times used in several Capeverdean quasi
official items, such as national team
uniforms.
António Martins, 17 Oct 2007
Here’s one more or less official example, the
swuimsuit
of Ayline Fortes as CV’s participant in
Miss Tourism
World 2015.
António Martins, 22 Jun 2016
image by António Martins, 22 Dec 2016
This ultra simplified version shows the national flag
of Cabo Verde, modified to be a simple ribbon of the national colors,
with five equal horizontal stripes of blue, white, and red,
no stars — it is used frequently as a
simple ribbon or bunting, most often in depicted representations, some
times realized in clothing items.
António Martins, 22 Dec 2016
It is not usual to see it taking the role of an actual flag, but
it was
used in nothing lesser than the logo of one of the candidates of the
recent presidential elections — exactly
Jorge Carlos
Fonseca, incubent candidate who was reelected (and it doesn’t
get more unofficially official than this).
António Martins, 22 Dec 2016
image by Željko Heimer and
António Martins, 30 Mar 2016
In
this
photo (taken on 2012.02.24 in São Filipe
mun.) we can see a mural painting (in support of
M.p.D. party) that shows the national flag as the
backround pattern for slogans, in a kind of grass-root naive political
campagning, painted for the 2011 presidential elections. It shows two
contiguous panels (on the walls of two neighbouring houses), one using the
national flag as described and the other using a red version, i.e.
with the main background of the flag colored in the same hue as the thin
red stripe. I have no idea about its significance, which might have been
merely a matter of «We’ve run out of blue paint!».
António Martins, 30 Mar 2016
On the other hand, red have been growingly
associated with this party, once even an
official logo designed to look loosely like
national flag, with a red panel.
António Martins, 22 Dec 2016 and 21 Nov 2006
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