Coat of arms of Mali
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Order #56/CMLN of 20 October 1973 prescribed the national emblem of the Republic of Mali. The motto
of the Republic of Mali is "Un Peuple, Un But, Une Foi" (One People, One Goal, One Faith), as bed by article 25 of the Constitution.
The emblem of the Republic of Mali has a circular shape. It shows on a light blue
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Motto
A motto is a phrase meant to formally summarize the general motivation or intention of a social group or organization. A motto may be in any language, but Latin is the most used. The local language is usual in the mottoes of governments...
of the Republic of Mali is "Un Peuple, Un But, Une Foi" (One People, One Goal, One Faith), as bed by article 25 of the Constitution.
The emblem of the Republic of Mali has a circular shape. It shows on a light blue
Blue
Blue is a colour, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 440–490 nm. It is considered one of the additive primary colours. On the HSV Colour Wheel, the complement of blue is yellow; that is, a colour corresponding to an equal...
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- in the middle, the mosqueMosqueA mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word is likely to have entered the English language through French , from Portuguese , from Spanish , and from Berber , ultimately originating in — . The Arabic word masjid literally means a place of prostration...
of DjennéDjennéDjenné is an Urban Commune and town in the Inland Niger Delta region of central Mali. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 32,944. Administratively it is part of the Mopti Region....
, in gold colour - above the mosque, a vultureVultureVulture is the name given to two groups of convergently evolved scavenging birds, the New World Vultures including the well-known Californian and Andean Condors, and the Old World Vultures including the birds which are seen scavenging on carcasses of dead animals on African plains...
in gliding flight, in gold colour - below, the rising sunSunThe Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...
, in gold colour - in front of the sun, two opposed bows bent by their arrow, in whiteWhiteWhite is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in nearly equal amounts and with high brightness compared to the surroundings. A white visual stimulation will be void of hue and grayness.White light can be...
colour - in the surround, the text "République du Mali" above and "Un Peuple, Un But, Une Foi" below, in black capital letters.