Bom Princípo, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) (original) (raw)

The town name means both "good start" (or "good beginning") as well as "good principle", which must relate to the founding of the town. It has a ~5:7 green flag with the bottom quarter (limited by two half diagonals) in a darker shade of green; over all a white disc (diam. about 4/7 of the flag's height) with the full municipal arms on it.

The arms show on a samnitic shield a stylized landscape with a range of green mountains against a white sky before a light green plain; issuant from the base a yellow open book seen in perspective and extending to the end of the plain, on it a scythe with black handle and white blade; on the center a yellow church with white doors and windows, its coinciding with the upper edge of the book. A yellow mural crown with four visible (sort of) towers; a diminutive red rooster for crest. Shield decorated with two branches crossed at the base; red scroll reading in black sans serif capitals "12.05 BOM RINC�PIO 1982", referring to the founding date (?), May 12th, 1982.

Large images are found athttp://200.181.70.174/sites/6300/6349/brasaobp[1].jpgandhttp://200.181.70.174/sites/6300/6349/banners/BomPrincipioBandeira[1].jpg
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 March 2006