Flag of Goiás organized by Joaquim Bonifácio de Siqueira. As in the national flag (unnoficially), the green represents the forests and the yellow represents the gold. Flag of Goiás The flag of Goiás was created by Joaquim Bonifácio de Siqueira and it symbolizes the state of Goiás. It has a rectangle shape, with four green odd stripes and four even yellow stripes. On the upper left hoist, a blue rectangle with five white stars (representing the Southern Cross, constellation that gave Brazil its primitive names - Vera Cruz and Santa Cruz), four on each side and one smaller in the center. The flag
Flag of Israel largest flag. This record has since been surpassed several times. The blue stripes are intended to symbolize the stripes on a "", the traditional Jewish prayer shawl. The portrayal of a Star of David on the flag of the State of Israel is a widely acknowledged symbol of the Jewish people and of Judaism. The Israelites used a blue coloured dye called '; this dye may have been made from the marine snail "Murex trunculus". This dye was very important in both Jewish and non-Jewish cultures of this time, and was used by royalty and the upper class in dyeing