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Portrait of a Caipira (1893) by Almeida Júnior.
Portrait of a Caipira (1893) by Almeida Júnior.

Caipiras are a traditional people from the Centre-South of Brazil, the term "caipira", probably originating from Tupi language, originally means "bush cutter", having been identified as a printed symbol for the first time in 1872.[1] The first Caipiras were the bandeirantes,[2] who received this denomination through the Guaianá people who inhabited the region of the Médio Tietê, in São Paulo.[3]

With the Bandeirismo and tropeirismo cycle, the term reached populations of the former Captaincy of São Vicente (later Captaincy of São Paulo), which today are the states of Santa Catarina, Paraná, Goiás, São Paulo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Rondônia, and Rio Grande do Sul, and also parts of southern Rio de Janeiro, such as Paraty, which was part of São Paulo until 1727,[4] and parts of Uruguay which were disputed with Spain.

Over time, part of this large territory, which continued to be occupied by the Bandeirantes Paulistas, was characterised as a cultural area called Paulistânia,[5][6] grouping together elements of caipira culture in states in the South, Southeast, and Centre-West of Brazil.

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Centro-Sul

Centro-Sul

Centro-Sul is a geographic area that encompasses the Southeastern, Southern and Central-West regions of Brazil, excluding the north of Minas Gerais, most of Mato Grosso, and parts of Tocantins.

Bandeirantes

Bandeirantes

The bandeirantes were slavers, explorers, adventurers, and fortune hunters in early Colonial Brazil. They are largely responsible for Brazil's great expansion westward, far beyond the Tordesillas Line of 1494, by which Pope Alexander VI divided the new continent into a western, Castilian section, and an eastern, Portuguese section.

Captaincy of São Vicente

Captaincy of São Vicente

The Captaincy of São Vicente (1534–1709) was a land grant and colonial administration in the far southern part of the colonial Portuguese Empire in Colonial Brazil.

Captaincy of São Paulo

Captaincy of São Paulo

The Royal Captaincy of São Paulo was one of the captaincies of Colonial Brazil. It received this name on December 2, 1720, when John V of Portugal created the Captaincy of Minas Gerais, from the division of the Captaincy of São Paulo and Minas de Ouro, which had been created in 1709 with the purchase by the Portuguese crown of the Captaincy of São Vicente.

Paraná (state)

Paraná (state)

Paraná is one of the 26 states of Brazil, in the south of the country. It is bordered in the north by São Paulo state, in the east by the Atlantic Ocean, in the south by Santa Catarina state and the province of Misiones, Argentina, and in the west by Mato Grosso do Sul and Paraguay, with the Paraná River as its western boundary. It is subdivided into 399 municipalities, and its capital is the city of Curitiba. Other major cities are Londrina, Maringá, Ponta Grossa, Cascavel, São José dos Pinhais and Foz do Iguaçu. The state is home to 5.4% of the Brazilian population and generates 6.2% of the Brazilian GDP.

Goiás

Goiás

Goiás is a Brazilian state located in the Center-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District and the states of Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso. The state capital is Goiânia. With 7.2 million inhabitants, Goiás is the most populous state in the Center-West and the 11th most populous in the country. It has the ninth largest economy among Brazilian federative units. In Brazil's geoeconomic division, Goiás belongs to the Centro-Sul (Center-South), being the northernmost state of the southern portion of Brazil. The state has 3.3% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 2.7% of the Brazilian GDP.

Mato Grosso do Sul

Mato Grosso do Sul

Mato Grosso do Sul is one of the Midwestern states of Brazil. Neighboring Brazilian states are Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Paraná. It also borders the countries of Paraguay, to the southwest, and Bolivia, to the west. The economy of the state is largely based on agriculture and cattle-raising. Crossed in the south by the Tropic of Capricorn, Mato Grosso do Sul generally has a warm, sometimes hot, and humid climate, and is crossed by numerous tributaries of the Paraná River. The state has 1.3% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.5% of the Brazilian GDP.

Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte, is a major urban and finance center in Latin America, and the sixth largest municipality in Brazil and its metropolitan area is the third largest in Brazil with just over 5.8 million inhabitants, after those of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Nine Brazilian presidents were born in Minas Gerais, the most of any state. The state has 10.1% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 8.7% of the Brazilian GDP.

Mato Grosso

Mato Grosso

Mato Grosso is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest by area, located in the Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP.

Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande do Sul is a state in the southern region of Brazil. It is the fifth-most-populous state and the ninth largest by area. Located in the southernmost part of the country, Rio Grande do Sul is bordered clockwise by Santa Catarina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Uruguayan departments of Rocha, Treinta y Tres, Cerro Largo, Rivera and Artigas to the south and southwest, and the Argentine provinces of Corrientes and Misiones to the west and northwest. The capital and largest city is Porto Alegre. The state has the highest life expectancy in Brazil, and the crime rate is relatively low compared to the Brazilian national average. Despite the high standard of living, unemployment is still high in the state, as of 2017. The state has 5.4% of the Brazilian population and it is responsible for 6.6% of the Brazilian GDP.

Paraty

Paraty

Paraty is a preserved Portuguese colonial (1500–1822) and Brazilian Imperial (1822–1889) municipality with a population of about 43,000. Indeed, the name "Paraty" originates from the local Guaianá Indians' Indigenous Tupi language, inspired by an abundant local fish native to the region. Paraty is located on the Costa Verde, a lush green corridor that runs along the coastline of the state of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. Paraty has become a tourist destination, known for its historic town center and the coast and mountains in the region. The historic center of the city, as well as four areas of the Atlantic Forest, were inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List in 2019 under the title "Paraty and Ilha Grande".

Paulistania (region)

Paulistania (region)

Paulistania is the geographical denomination of the Caipira people, being a cultural area. It is made up of the states of São Paulo, parts of Paraná, parts of the Triângulo Mineiro, the south of Minas Gerais and Goiás, the states of Mato Grosso do Sul and parts of Mato Grosso, a field of influence and exploration by the bandeirantes.

Source: "Caipira", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 8th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caipira.

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Notes
References
  1. ^ Dicionário Houaiss da Língua Portuguesa. 1985–2001. p. 563.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  2. ^ CARDOSO, Cristina de Lima. Studies of caipira traditions in Itapetininga (PDF) (in Brazilian Portuguese). pp. 39–40.
  3. ^ Zuliani de Macedo, Tairone. The origins and etymological evolution of the terms sertão and sertanejo (PDF) (in Brazilian Portuguese). p. 5.
  4. ^ "Nossa Senhora dos Remédios de Parati". www.historiacolonial.arquivonacional.gov.br. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  5. ^ Victal, Jane; Cordova, Vitor Sartori (2016-05-08). "Territorialidades Caipiras: o ser e a identidade do lugar". ILUMINURAS (in Portuguese). 17 (41). doi:10.22456/1984-1191.64560. ISSN 1984-1191.
  6. ^ CARDOSO, Cristina de Lima. Studies of caipira traditions in Itapetininga (PDF). p. 16.
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