The beach is lined with coconut palms, belonging to large estates (coronéis of cacau, word attached to images of power, violence, blood), rich proprietors who elected the popular representatives in their pay, formed but killed a lot.
At that time, money was not worth much, only worth the force they expressed, invading, clearing the forest with their own will, without any recourse to anything.
In spite of the brutality, there was almost a kind of indulgent feeling in their mind.