Maragato (Brazil)

Maragato is a name given in Brazil to the southerners who initiated the Federalist Revolution (1893-1895) in protest against the federal government.

The term used to have a pejorative connotation attributed by loyalists to the rebels that were led by Gaspar da Silveira Martins, one of the most prominent politicians by the end of the monarchy and eminent commander, and the strategist caudillo, Gumercindo Saraiva, who left exile in Uruguay and entered Rio Grande do Sul at the head of an army wearing red neckerchiefs.

[3] The Revolution of 1923 was an armed movement that lasted 11 months but, differently than 1893, took place only in the brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.

Borges de Medeiros' fellow supporter broke off the alliance and published a book criticizing the ruler using the pseudonym of Antonio Chimango – Poemeto Campestre.

All the supporters of Borges de Medeiros started being pejoratively called "Chimangos" as the prey (similar to a hawk) that usually feeds on carrion.