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The arms were officially granted on June 1, 2004. | The arms were officially granted on June 1, 2004. | ||
The patriarchal crosses refer to the local custom of building large wooden crosses with two crosspieces, also to the resistance of the local people against the Polish regime (1920-1939): building of such Lithuanian crosses was one of the methods of protest. The red colour refers to blood spilled for keeping the Lithuanian identity. | |||
Wolf heads refer to the wolves living in the area. | |||
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