The upper green band represents the green mountains; the brown band at the center symbolizes the rich land of Utuado, and the light blue lower band is symbol of the rivers and lakes of this land. The Otoao Sun at the center is copy of one of the most important of our indigenous culture, our Tai'no culture. The artisan Luis E. Lafontaine designed the flag.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 17 April 2001
The Otoao Sun is inside a yellow frame bordered in black and its edges following the Sun's contours.
At the time of the discovery of the island on November 19, 1493 by Christopher Columbus, Puerto Rico was inhabited by the Taíno Indians. The Taínos were a culturally developed society with a universal language, a developed agricultural system, and a social organization based on caciques or chieftains. The Utuado area was ruled over by cacique Guarionex. In barrio Caguana, the Taínos built an impressive series of courts or bateyes, The Caguana Ceremonial Park or Centro Ceremonial Indígena de Caguana, that is considered the best example of Taino engineering in the West Indies.
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