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Meaning of wiphala



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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

wiphala
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It's the same as Huipala, which is also valid. It is the name of a square flag, made up of grids ordered in diagonal stripes with the seven colors of the rainbow. It is a symbol of the inclusion and respect of Native American cultures. It is the representation of the multinationality of peoples. The word is of Aymara origin and means "triumph that waves with the wind"

  



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John Rene Plaut

WIPHALA HUIPALA flag of multiculturalism, used between the Andean peoples of northern Argentina and Chile, part of Peru, Bolivia, western Paraguay, southern Ecuador and Colombia, which has varied designs, always consisting of grids in diagonal lines of the same color that change color according to the frequency in the spectrum. In Chile the city Alto Hospicio, in Iquique, adopted this flag in October 2017.

  










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