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Benjamin Abrahão Botto (Lebanon, c. 1890 - Serra Talhada, May 10, 1938) was an photographer, more known for the registration the Cangaço and its leader Virgulino Ferreira da Silva. Benjamin Abrahão Botto was murdered during the Estado novo period in Brazil. ==Biography== Not much is known about his life prior to his departure for Brazil. Not pretending to be on the list of conscripts of the Ottoman Empire that was set to fight in the First World War, he migrated to Brazil in 1915.〔(CHIODETTO, Élder ), notícia na Folha de S.Paulo, transcrição (página acessada em 12 de fevereiro de 2008).〕 In Recife, started working as a traveling salesman, selling cloths and small goods. Attracted by the frequency of pilgrims in the city of Juazeiro do Norte, he moved his business to those more attractive regions.〔(Artigo ): MONTEIRO, Fernando. ''Cinema e cangaço na terra do sol'' in: revista História Viva, edição 23 - Setembro 2005 (página acessada em 12 de fevereiro de 2008).〕 Abahão was the secretary of Padre Cícero and met the cangaceiro Lampião in 1926 when the infamous leader went to Juazeiro do Norte to ask for the blessing of the famous priest and seek the rank of Captain, by helping the government in the pursuit of the Coluna Prestes.〔(Matéria ), Virtual Books, página pesquisada em 12 de fevereiro de 2008.〕 In 1929 Abahão photographed the cangaceiro leader with the priest, two of the most mythological figures of the northeast region of Brazil After the death of Padre Cícero, Abrahão asked and received from the infamous Lampião, the permission to follow his group in the Caatinga and take the pictures that in the future would immortalize them. For that he had the help of the cearense Ademar Bezerra de Albuquerque, owner of ABAFILM, not only borrowed him the equipment but also taught him to use them. Abrahão had his works apprehended by the Getúlio Vargas government, which saw him as an enemy of the regime. He was violently murdered (forty two knife stabs〔(Matéria ), Virtual Books, página pesquisada em 12 de fevereiro de 2008.〕) without neither the author nor the motivation for the crime ever being brought to light.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Benjamin Abrahão Botto」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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