Flag of Cusco

Official flag of Cusco.
Flag of Cusco flying on the main square

The flag of Cusco is the official flag of Cusco, Peru. It is a rainbow flag, also associated with the Inca Empire (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu). The order of the colors is: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Sky blue, Blue, Violet.

The flag was introduced in 1973 by radio host Raúl Montesinos Espejo to commemorate the 25th anniversary of his Cusco station Tawantinsuyo Radio. In 1978, it was declared the official emblem of Cusco by mayor Gilberto Muñiz Caparó.[1][2] The "historicity" of an "Inca flag" has since become somewhat of a topic in Peruvian culture. The question is closely rated to that of the wiphala or Aymara flag, also introduced in the 1970s in the context of the "rural mobilizations and indigenous movements" in Bolivia.[3] María Rostworowski in 2010 was cited as emphasizing the absence of any evidence of such a flag,[4] and the Congress of the Republic of Peru has determined that flag is unsubstantiated by citing the conclusion of National Academy of Peruvian History to the effect that "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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "La Bandera del Tahuantisuyo" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 June 2009.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ Social Design Notes: The Wiphala (2005) Archived March 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ «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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