The King of Cangaço, Virgulino Ferreira da Silva - Lampião (1897 - 1938). Part of the culture and literature of the Brazilian Northeast (my place; I am too proud to be northeastern). The story of Lampião and Maria Bonita became the subject of innumerable folk stories, books, comics books, popular pamphlets (cordel literature), songs, movies, and a number of TV soap operas, with all the elements of drama, passion, and violence typical of "Wild West" stories. Lampião was mentioned in the lyrics of "Ratamahatta", a song of Brazilian metal band Sepultura, from their Roots record.