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Argentina Flags – Argentinian Flag, Bunting & Hand Flags
Argentina flags for the World Cup, the Copa América, the Pumas at Twickenham and every steakhouse, polo field and tango night. Fly the Argentinian flag in 3x2, 5x3 or 8x5ft with the Sun of May, hang Argentina bunting across the parrilla and wave Argentina hand flags when the Albiceleste score.
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The Argentinian flag: celeste, white and the Sun of May
The Argentina flag is three equal horizontal bands, light blue (celeste) above and below a white centre, with the golden Sun of May in the middle. Manuel Belgrano first raised the blue-and-white on the banks of the Paraná at Rosario on 27 February 1812, during the war of independence from Spain, and the sun, a face with thirty-two alternating straight and wavy rays, was added in 1818. The sun recalls the Inca sun god Inti and the sun that broke through the clouds over Buenos Aires during the May Revolution of 1810. Strictly the plain flag without the sun was the civil flag and the sun version the state flag, but since 1985 the sun flag has been the one for everybody. Our Argentina flag uses the pale celeste of the official standard rather than a royal blue, with the sun printed through so the face shows correctly on both sides.
The World Cup, the Pumas and Flag Day
In the UK the Argentinian flag is first of all a football flag: the Albiceleste at the World Cup and the Copa América, Messi, and the Argentine players at Premier League clubs. Rugby comes next, with the Pumas’ autumn tests at Twickenham and Murrayfield and the Rugby Championship on screen in every Argentine steakhouse, and then polo season at Windsor and Cowdray, where Argentine players and grooms outnumber everyone else. The national dates are Flag Day on 20 June, Independence Day on 9 July and the May Revolution on 25 May, marked by the embassy and the Argentine communities in London and Manchester. Parrillas, empanada bars, tango clubs and wine merchants fly a flag all year.
Which size Argentina flag?
For a parrilla frontage, a back-garden pole or a fan-zone wall the 5ft x 3ft Argentinian flag is the natural pick. Go down to 3ft x 2ft for a bar window, a teenager’s bedroom or a modest pole, and up to 8ft x 5ft when the Sun of May has to carry across a polo ground or a stadium stand; at 20x12in it rides on a supporter’s hand pole or car window. A sewn header and brass eyelets finish every Argentina size, and DuraFlag buyers can swap the eyelets for rope-and-toggle or clips.
Flagtex or DuraFlag?
Buying for a single tournament, a party or a bar that rotates its flags with the seasons? Pick Flagtex, the printed woven polyester. For a Sun of May that flies outside a polo club, a steakhouse or an embassy office twelve months a year, DuraFlag’s heavier knit, twin-stitched hems and strengthened header earn their keep. Order either Albiceleste grade before 2pm for despatch that afternoon; both are stocked in and dispatched from our Stoke-on-Trent warehouse.
Argentina bunting
Strung over a World Cup bar, a parrilla ceiling, a polo marquee or a school’s South America week, Argentina bunting carries the sun flag on every pennant. Choose rectangle or triangle pennants and a 3m, 5m, 9m or 20m Albiceleste run, weatherproof polyester stitched onto a strong tape. Add Brazil and Mexico bunting for a whole-tournament display.
Hand flags and table flags
For the football, the Pumas and the arrivals hall at Heathrow, Argentina hand flags are 9x6in or 18x12in, each on a wooden stick. A steakhouse counter, wine shop or Spanish classroom suits the 6x4in Argentina table flag with its base, while the chrome-based satin table flag looks right at an embassy reception, a polo-club bar or a conference table. Uruguay, Chile, Brazil and the rest of South America sit under world flags.
Argentina flag FAQs
What does the sun on the Argentina flag mean?
The Sun of May recalls the sun that appeared through the clouds over Buenos Aires during the May Revolution of 25 May 1810, and the Inca sun god Inti. It has thirty-two rays, sixteen straight and sixteen wavy, and was added to the flag in 1818.
What do the colours of the Argentinian flag mean?
The most common explanation is the sky and the clouds; another links the celeste and white to the colours of the House of Bourbon and the Order of Charles III. Belgrano himself chose them as the colours of the cockade worn by the independence patriots.
Is the Argentina flag with or without the sun?
Both exist. The plain celeste-and-white was the civil flag and the sun version the official state flag until 1985, when the sun flag was made the flag for everyone. Ours carries the sun.
When is Argentina’s Flag Day?
20 June, the anniversary of Manuel Belgrano’s death in 1820. Independence Day is 9 July and the May Revolution is remembered on 25 May.
Why is the Argentina flag light blue and not dark blue?
The official colour is celeste, a pale sky blue. Flags printed in royal or navy blue are wrong, and ours is matched to the lighter official shade.
What size Argentina flag for a telescopic pole?
On a 6m telescopic or garden pole the Albiceleste looks best at 5ft x 3ft. A short pole wants the 3ft x 2ft, and an Argentine 8ft x 5ft is for a fixed mast of 25ft or taller.