The Zia sun symbol is as New Mexican as green chile and hot air balloons. As part of our Curious New Mexico project, Jung Oh, a junior at the University of New Mexico, asked what the symbol and its red and yellow color scheme represent. The official flag of New Mexico consists of a red sun symbol of the Zia people on a field of gold (yellow). The Zia symbol has four groups of four rays extending from the top, bottom, left, and right of a circle, with the four rays within each group representing the following: The circle in the middle of the rays ties the rays together to represent love and life. .

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