Cangaço
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Cangaço (Template:IPA-pt) was the banditism phenomenon of Northeast Brazil in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This region of Brazil is known for its aridness and hard way of life, and in a form of "social banditry" against the government, many men and women decided to become nomadic bandits, roaming the hinterlands seeking money, food and revenge.
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Famous cangaceiros
- Adolfo Meia-Noite
- Antônio Silvino
- Cabeleira
- Corisco
- Diogo da Rocha Figueira aka "Dioguinho" (in São Paulo)
- Jesuíno Brilhante
- Lampião
- Lucas da Feira
- Maria Bonita
- Sinhô Pereira
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The Cangaço in film
- O Cangaceiro, Lima Barreto 1953 (original score by Riz Ortolani)
- A Morte Comanda o Cangaço, Walter Guimarães Motta 1961
- Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol, English title: "White God, Black Devil" Glauber Rocha 1963
- O Dragão da Maldade Contra o Santo Guerreiro, Glauber Rocha 1968
- Baile Perfumado, Paulo Caldas and Lírio Ferreira 1997
- O Auto Da Compadecida, English title: "A God's Will" Guel Arreas 2000
- O Matador, Marcelo Galvão 2017
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See also
- History of Brazil
- Land reform
- Landless Workers' Movement
- The epic cycle of the cangaceiros in popular poetry from northeastern Brazil - thesis by Ronald Daus, Free University of Berlin: see bibliography.
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