Cangaço
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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
Lampião and his companions with cinematographer Benjamin Abrahão Botto
Lampião's band, plus 4 prisoners (taken to extort ransoms), photographed in Limoeiro soon after their attack on the town of Mossoró in 1927. 28 bandits are shown in the photo, but the band numbered around 60 men at the time
Cangaceiro Corisco in 1936
Cangaceiro costume at Museu Cais do Sertão, Recife
Maria Bonita (bandit)
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Maria Bonita was the nickname of Maria Nenem, born Maria Déia, a member of a Cangaço band, marauders and outlaws active in the Brazilian Northeast in the 1920s and 1930s. Maria Bonita means "Beautiful
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…the state of Bahia, he met Maria Alia da Silva (a.k.a. Maria de Déia), wife of shoemaker Zé de Nenê. Later she would be better known as Mrs. Lampião, Maria Bonita (literally "Pretty Maria"). Lampião was killed by the police in 1938, in Sergipe, next to the state limits of Sergipe and Alagoas, when an informer…
Maria Bonita (Maria Déia) "Mrs Lampião" wearing a holstered pistol and a bandolier of ammunition over one shoulder.