Cangaço
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- social movement
- Subclass of
- robber
- Country
- Brazil
- Image
- Virgínio Fortunato e bando NH.jpg
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- Commons category
- Cangaço
- time period
- First Brazilian Republic
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Origin of the word
- Types of banditry
- Lampião
- Coiteiros
- Volantes and monkeys
- Cangaceiro style
- Cangaceiro weapons
- Famous cangaceiros
- The Cangaço in film
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
thumb|upright=1.3|Lampião and his companions with cinematographer Benjamin Abrahão Botto
Cangaço () was a 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cangaço” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.