Some flags are easy to draw. This is emphatically not true of the Brazilian flag - I pity the elementary school child trying to reproduce it:
The representation of the night sky has stars for each state - not so unusual - but the number of states (27) and their representation as actual southern hemisphere constellations produce a flag that makes the United States or Australian/New Zealand starry flags a doddle to draw by comparison.
On the flag the night sky replaces the Imperial insignia that was on the flag when the Empire of Brazil was a colony of Portugal. It represents the declaration of a new start one night!
So at Christmas it reminds us of the Christmas night sky from which the angels brought the message of a new Ruler who would bless humankind with true peace.
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