Quilombo - Quilombo (English spelling)

Japanese: キロンボ - きろんぼ（英語表記）Quilombo

A society of fugitive slaves that continued to threaten white society in colonial Brazil. After 1570, as the importation of black slaves increased, it spread to the Bahia and Pernambuco regions in northern Brazil, and in the 18th century spread to the São Paulo and Minas Gerais regions, and existed throughout Brazil until the emancipation of slaves in 1888. Until the beginning of the 17th century, quilombos were called mocambos. Quilombos were closed villages consisting of 50 to several thousand houses in dense jungles and remote mountain areas, fortified with fences and moats. While engaging in farming, hunting, and fishing, they also raided white settlements and plantations to obtain weapons, clothing, tools, and women.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

植民地期ブラジルの白人社会を脅かし続けた逃亡奴隷社会。1570年以降，黒人奴隷の輸入増大に伴ってブラジル北部のバイア，ペルナンブコ地方に拡大し，18世紀にはサン･パウロ，ミナス･ジェライス地方へと広まり，1888年の奴隷解放にいたるまでブラジル各地に存在した。なおキロンボは17世紀初めまではモカンボmocamboと呼ばれた。キロンボは密林地帯や山間僻地に矢来と堀で防備を固めた50軒ないし数千軒から成る閉鎖的な集落で，農耕･狩猟･漁労に従事するかたわら，白人居住地やプランテーションを襲撃し，武器，衣類，道具類，女性を確保した。

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