The Coat of arms of
West Kalimantan
West Kalimantan () is a province of Indonesia. It is one of five Indonesian provinces comprising Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. Its capital and largest city is Pontianak. It is bordered by East Kalimantan and Central ...
is in the form of a five-cornered shield which means
Pancasila. Inside it are the symbols of hexagonal shield (Talawang),
mandau
The Mandau () is a river in Bohemia (Czech Republic) and Saxony (Germany). It is a left tributary of the Lusatian Neisse, which it joins near Zittau.
It originates from multiple springs north of the 580.6m (1902 feet AMSL) Wolf Mountain (Czec ...
,
keris
The kris or is a Javanese asymmetrical dagger with a distinctive blade-patterning achieved through alternating laminations of iron and nickelous iron (''pamor''). The kris is famous for its distinctive wavy blade, although many have straight ...
, a horizontal line in the middle,
flames
A flame () is the visible, gaseous part of a fire. It is caused by a highly exothermic chemical reaction made in a thin zone. When flames are hot enough to have ionized gaseous components of sufficient density, they are then considered plasma. ...
in a
furnace, and
paddy
Paddy may refer to:
People
*Paddy (given name), a list of people with the given name or nickname
*A nickname or slur for an Irish person
Birds
*Paddy (pigeon), a Second World War carrier pigeon
*Snowy sheathbill or paddy, a bird species
*Black ...
and
cotton
Cotton (), first recorded in ancient India, is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus '' Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure ...
.
Meaning
Shield, mandau, and keris depict the ancestral heritage and culture of the community. The horizontal line in the middle is a symbol of the equator that passes through West Kalimantan. The flames in the tungki symbolize the spirit of struggle that never dies. Rice and cotton tied with ribbons with four corners are symbols of prosperity inspired by the spirit of Catur Karsa (sincerity, honesty, mutual cooperation, family). In the bottom center there is a white ribbon with the motto in
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ...
which means "Never Perish".
Number of elements: Cotton (17), Flame (8), rice (45) depicts the birthday of the Republic of Indonesia.
See also
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Armorial of Indonesia This is a list of emblems or coat of arms used in Indonesia. Indonesia is divided into 38 provinces, and each province is divided into regencies (kabupaten) and cities (kota). There are List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, 416 regencies and 98 ...
References
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