About West Java

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Symbol and Motto

West Java Symbol thoroughly is a egg-round shaped of shield with ribbon decoration on the bottom that has West Java Motto. The Egg-rounded shape in West Java symbol derived from shield shape for self-defense

Logo Meaning

Rice

Symbolise West Java people staple food with 17 grains of grain that symbolise Republic of Indonesia independence day
One-stalk Cotton

Symbolise clothing fertility, with 8 florets represent the month of Republic of Indonesia proclamation month
Kujang

A multifunction tool that considered as original weapon of Sundanese. There are 5 holes that represented “Pancasila”, five fundamentals of the Indonesia on the one side of ‘kujang’.
Mountain

Symbolise that most of West Java areas are mountains
River

Symbolise canals, channels, and ocean that characterize West Java nature
Plots Under The Mountain

Symbolise agricultural land in the form of rice fields, fields and plantations as West Java natural wealth
Dams

Represent the irigations activity that is one of main concerns in West Java as agrarian areas.