Coat o airms o Suriname

On 25 November 1975 the independent Republic o Suriname adoptit an offeecial coat o airms.  The motto reads Justitia - Pietas - Fides (Juistice - Piety - Fidelity).  It further consists o twa natives who carry a shield.  The left hauf o the shield seembolizes the past, as slaves wur abductit via ship oot o [[Africae]e].  The richt hauf, the side o the present, shows a Ryal Palm, an aa the seembol o a juist body ("The juist body shoud blossom like a palm").  The diamond in the middle is the stylized form o the hert, which is regardit as the organ o love.  The pynts o the diamond shaw the fower directions o the wind.  Inside the diamond is a five-pointit starn.  This starn seembolizes the five continents frae which the indwallers o Suriname migratit: Africae, Americae, Australie, Asie, an Europe.

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Category:Naitional seembols o Suriname