page_title: Flag of the Mapuches
section_title: In Chile
hierarchical_section_title: Flag of the Mapuches / In Chile
context_page_description: Mapuche flag is each of the flags used as an emblem and symbol of the Mapuche Nation and the Mapuche communities and organizations in Chile and Argentina. There are several different flags representing the Mapuche communities and territories.
context_section_description: In March 1991, the Chilean Mapuche organization Aukiñ Wallmapu Ngulam, also known as Council of All Lands, made a call to make the flag of the Mapuche nation. About 500 designs were submitted, of which a one was selected for the Mapuche nation. The flag is called Wenufoye (in mapudungun The Heaven's Winter's Bark).
  The colors and forms of this Mapuche flag represents:
  Yellow (chod or choz): renewal, symbol of the sun.
  Blue (kallfü): life, order, wealth and the universe. In Mapudungun, is also an adjective that could be translated as "sacred" or "spiritual".
  White (lüq): the cleansing, healing and longevity symbol of wisdom and prosperity
  Red (kelü): strength and power, symbol of history.
  Green (karü): the earth or nature, wisdom, fertility and healing power, symbol of the machi (Mapuche shaman).
  Cultrun (kultrung or kultrug), a "Mapuche drum": This is a percussion instrument for ceremonial and social use. It has a flat surface in which is represented the Earth's surface. There is drawn the circular design of the mapuche cosmovision: the Meli Witran Mapu (the four cardinal points), and also the sun, the moon, and the stars. This is a symbol of the knowledge of the world.
  Gemil (ngümin) Stepped cross or star, similar to the Chakana or Inca Cross, or rhombus with twisting border: represents the art of the handcrafting, the science and knowledge; symbol of the writing system.
  Apart from the Wenufoye, there are five other flags representing the different territories: Huenteche, Huilliche, Lafquenche, Nagche and Pehuenche.
caption: Wenufoye, the flag of Chilean Mapuches.