Some of the first "praceiros". "Praceiro" is not a word of common use in Portuguese, its original meaning being related to "things in plain view of everyone, things related to squares ('praças')". In this case, it was used to evoke the word "parceiro" ("partner") which is usually a friendly designation, as well as our condition of workers at the square's construction, since the suffix "-eiro" is related to people of a given profession, like "marceneiro" (woodworker), "pedreiro" (mason) or "padeiro" (baker). (Pictures by Doug Oliveira)