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Encyclopedia > Coat of arms of Mozambique
Coat of arms of Mozambique
Coat of arms of Mozambique

The coat of arms of Mozambique, which was adopted in 1990, clearly recalls the former socialist government of the country. It shows a gear wheel, bordered by corn stalks and sugarcane. In the middle there is a red sun over a mountain and blue waves, an AK-47 crossed with a pickaxe, and a book. The wreath is tied with a ribbon bearing the name of the country. Image File history File links Coat_of_arms_of_Mozambique. ... Image File history File links Coat_of_arms_of_Mozambique. ... This article is about the year. ... De-husked corn Corn is a term that originally referred to the kernel of any grain — that is, a fruit of a plant in the Grass Family (Poaceae), such as barleycorn. ... Species Saccharum arundinaceum Saccharum bengalense Saccharum edule Saccharum officinarum Saccharum procerum Saccharum ravennae Saccharum robustum Saccharum sinense Saccharum spontaneum Insert non-formatted text here Sugarcane or Sugar cane (Saccharum) is a genus of between 6 and 37 species (depending on taxonomic interpretation) of tall grasses (family Poaceae, tribe Andropogoneae), native... Avtomat Kalashnikova model 1947 g. ...


The corn stalk and the sugar cane stand for the agriculture, or rather nature, the gear wheel for the workforce, the book for the social class of education, the pickaxe for the class of farmers, the AK-47 for the struggle for indepependence of the country, and the red star for socialism. The red sun symbolizes South of Africa and the hope for a better life. The neutrality of this introduction is disputed. ...



 

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