Caramuru (epic poem)
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Caramuru is an epic poem written by colonial Brazilian Augustinian friar Santa Rita Durão. It was published in 1781 and is one of the most famous Indianist works of Brazilian Neoclassicism – the other
Stamp depicting the poem
Catarina Paraguaçu
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Catarina Álvares Paraguaçu, also known as Catarina do Brasil, was a Tupinambá indigenous woman. She was born in what is today the state of Bahia and was married to Portuguese sailor Diogo Álvares Corr
Caramuru (epic poem)
…eel), who shipwrecked on the shores of present-day Bahia and had to live among the local indigenous peoples. The poem also alludes to Correia's wife, Catarina Paraguaçu, as a seer, being able to foresee the Dutch invasions of Brazil. The poem is written in ottava rima (oitava rima in Portuguese). The lines consist of…
Catarina Paraguaçu's Dream, an 1871 painting by Manuel Lopes Rodrigues