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Next: 25 May 2027

May Revolution Day (Argentina)

Sky blue and white: flags, and the round ribbon cockade that Argentines pin to the chest all week.

The "Cabildo Abierto" of may 22, 1810, in the city of Buenos Aires (now part of Argentina, then part of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata), where it was decided to remove the viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros
Photo: Pedro Subercaseaux, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The colours of May Revolution Day (Argentina)

On 25 May 1810 the people of Buenos Aires removed the Spanish viceroy and set up their own government, the first step to independence. Argentines mark the week by wearing the escarapela, a round cockade of sky blue and white ribbon, on the left side of the chest. A popular story says that two patriots handed out ribbons in these colours to the crowd in the square in 1810; historians doubt the details. Manuel Belgrano used the same colours for the flag in 1812. They are often said to be those of the sky, or of the robes of the Virgin Mary. At the centre of the flag is the golden Sun of May. Schoolchildren in white smocks act out the events.

#74ACDFCelesteThe sky blue of the flag and cockade.
#FFFFFFFlag whiteThe middle band.
#F6B40ESun of MayThe golden sun at the centre of the flag.

Values are fair approximations, not official shades.

Read about the colours

Sky blueThe national colour.Bleu celesteThe heraldic name for this light blue.WhiteThe middle band.
About this page

Written by the Rang desk with AI assistance. Background: "May Revolution" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

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