Flag of Cusco
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The official flag of Cusco has seven horizontal stripes of color: red, orange, yellow, green, sky blue, blue, and violet. This rainbow flag was introduced to Peru in 1973 by Raúl Montesinos Espejo, in recognition of the 25th anniversary of his Tawantinsuyo Radio station. As the flag's popularity grew, Cusco mayor Gilberto Muñiz Caparó declared it an official emblem in 1978.[1][2]
Origins[]
The question of the flag's historicity is closely related to the wiphala or Aymara flag.[3] María Rostworowski in 2010 claimed no evidence that ancient cultures used such a flag,[4] and the Congress of the Republic of Peru corroborated the conclusion of National Academy of Peruvian History: "The official use of the wrongly called 'Tawantinsuyu flag' is a mistake. In the Pre-Hispanic Andean World there did not exist the concept of a flag, it did not belong to their historic context".[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "La Bandera del Tahuantisuyo" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
- ^ "Acerca de la Bandera del Tahuantinsuyo" (in Spanish). lamula.pe. June 28, 2015. "Encuentros con Hombres Notables. Raúl Montesinos, creador de la Bandera del Tawantinsuyo" (in Spanish). caretas.com.pe. June 10, 2004. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
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"Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 15, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)[unreliable source?] - ^ «I bet my life, the Inca never had that flag, it never existed, no chronicler mentioned it» "¿Bandera gay o del Tahuantinsuyo?". Terra. 19 April 2010.
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