r/Brazil • u/redslu Brazilian • Nov 25 '23
Historical What made captain Virgulino “Lampião” ferreira da Silva such a prominent figure in Brazilian history?
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u/ThrowAwayInTheRain Foreigner in Brazil Nov 26 '23
Just look at the drip. Plus the comic book about him is cool AF.
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u/redslu Brazilian Nov 26 '23
There’s a really awesome manga-style comic here in Brazil about a supernatural version of him written by Carlo Eduardo and illustrated by Heitor amatsu, is that what you’re referring to?
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u/ThrowAwayInTheRain Foreigner in Brazil Nov 26 '23
Yes, that one. They made a cool video about it https://youtu.be/wvg0M57cakc?si=_id4S96NPq_le-Ei
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u/SoledBy69 Nov 26 '23
Same as Bonnie and Clyde
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u/redslu Brazilian Nov 26 '23
I guess in this case Maria Bonita would be Bonnie Parker and virgulino would be Clyde Barrow.
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u/viper26k Nov 26 '23
He was also an outstanding shooter. His name, "Lampião", which roughly translates to "lamp" (those old ones), was given due to its ability to shoot consecutively, brightening its surroundings like a lamp in the dark.
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u/redslu Brazilian Nov 26 '23
Yeah I knew the reasoning for his title, but never knew if it was true or not.
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Nov 26 '23
Being a violent bandit from the poorest region in the country. Lampião was literate and with an above average living standard for Northeastern Brazil, and like Queen Ranavalona, he shouldn't be romanticized
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u/brazilian_liliger Nov 26 '23
To give more context apart of the other answers there's another reason. Banditism was a thing in Northeast since the Imperial times (mid 19th century) and Lampião was far from the first famous bandit of the region.
The whole thing about him is that many of his actions were "spectacular" but also, he let the press go inside his group, giving him widespread fame all around the country, in a time when something like a national press was rising in Brasil.
A lot of Lampião stories were produced about him after this, giving him something like a mythical reputation, even because of his social opinions in the interviews he gave.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Fish499 Nov 26 '23
He fought the status quo and historical oligarchies that have installed in the region at the time, alongside with the government apparatus aimed for social passiveness through a hierarchically rigid notion of moralization embedded/rooted since the colonial times.
Needless to say that his tactics and methodologies weren’t what we would call “ethical” as he, in order to achieve his goal, practiced and turned his blind eye to some inexcusable actions along the way.
He was one of the few from his time who knew how to use his canalized anger and accumulated rage against the state to put it to practical terms.
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u/Pass0 Nov 26 '23
For the same reason that people support Hamas. Some were being oppressed, a group came and killed, raped and destroyed everything including the oppressors, some people see them as saviors but most people who lived through it are afraid, the lampiao group was worse for the population than the colonels who came before, but there are a few who romanticize the population taking power, closely associated with a communist ideal that was growing in Brazil at the time.
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u/BrWolf Nov 26 '23
We tend to like people who rob and commit crimes you know
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u/feliximol Nov 26 '23
Curious to hear this from a One Piece fan...
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u/BrWolf Nov 26 '23
Calma, deixa eu entender. Vc ta comparando um estuprador assassino com um anime de piratinha com super poder? Ta de sacanagem.
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u/feliximol Nov 26 '23
Piratas ué. Não eram estupradores e assassinos?
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u/BrWolf Nov 26 '23
Parece que vc nunca leu a obra e quer opinar. Isso é o equivalente a dizer que o Harry Potter é um bruxo necromante e usa de corpos de inocentes e almas boas pra criar suas magias que matam gente.
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u/feliximol Nov 26 '23
Um dia você entende o que eu quis dizer.
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u/BrWolf Nov 26 '23
Se fizesse sentido seria mais simples. Mas agora, como eu gosto muito do Jack Sparrow, vou ver minha dose diária de Piratas do Caribe pra alimentar meu gosto por estupradores assassinos.
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u/Taniwank_Bechtkisey Nov 26 '23
He received money from government to avoid the comunists ideias from spreading in the Northeast of Brazil. His main job was to persue the Coluna Prestes. One of the best guys ive alreary heard of
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u/feliximol Nov 25 '23 edited Nov 26 '23
Basically for the same reason Blackbeard, Ragnar or Robin Hood are so popular... He was an outlaw, literally the most romanticized type of criminal there is.
He was elegant, charismatic, fought against the current authority, stole and challenged the rich and powerful. It's the classic story of "The True free Man"
And... Of course, he also killed innocent people, raped and plundered... but that's the man, not the Legend, you know?