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150:(FLAMA) is composed of a blue-yellow-blue vertical triband, and in the yellow sections there are five small shields. The blue represents the environment that characterizes the island and represents nobility and serenity. The yellow mirrors the climate of the Archipelago, a symbol of richness, strength, faith and purity. The five shields are also present in the
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Madeirans and the separatists would develop around the blue and gold an aura of heroic clandestinity, easy and superficial attractive to the collective subconscious, to the point that they could successfully impose anti-patriotic symbology."
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The blue represents the environment that characterizes insularity and represents nobility, beauty and serenity. The gold mirrors the mildness of the archipelago's climate and symbolizes wealth, strength, faith, purity and constancy.
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