State symbols of Cabo Verde

Location of Cape Verde in the African Atlantic.

The State symbols of Cabo Verde are the symbols that are used to represent both the archipelago Cabo Verdean people proper and abroad to represent the country and its people.

Cabo Verdean symbols

Whoever tells the truth is chased out of nine villages. Rats don’t dance in the cat’s doorway. When the bag tears, the shoulders get to rest. An ageing man gets closer to his land and an ageing husband closer to his wife. When carrying an elephant’s flesh on one’s head, one should not look for crickets underground. If a baboon could see his behind, he’d laugh also. The dog’s happy dream produces no meat. Ants surround the dying elephant. In new surroundings the hen walks on one leg. The bat hangs downwards because of the words told it by the sun. ‘I know it perfectly’ prevents the wasp from learning to make honey. A hot needle burns the thread. The pot is not tired of cooking. The stomach has done the head an injury.

	Symbol	Image
Coat of arms	State Coat of arms of Cabo Verde	Coat of Arms of Cabo Verde
Flag	National flag of Cabo Verde	State Flag of Cabo Verde
Flowers	National flower of Cabo Verde Gerbera jamesonii Floral emblem of Cabo Verde Gerbera viridifolia	State Flower of Cabo Verde
Trees	National tree of Cabo Verde Dracaena draco Botanic emblem of Cabo Verde Phoenix atlantica	State Tree of Cabo Verde
Plant	National plant of Cabo Verde Asteriscus smithii	State Plant of Cabo Verde
Bird	National bird of Cabo Verde Halcyon leucocephala	State Bird of Cabo Verde
Animal	National animal of Cabo Verde Trichechus senegalensis	State Animal of Cabo Verde

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