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18 जून 1946 · Santo Amaro da Purificação, Bahia, ब्राज़ील

Maria Bethânia Viana Telles Veloso

Sister of Caetano Veloso. Aunt of Moreno Veloso and Zeca Veloso.

Maria Bethânia received her name shortly after her birth from her older brother, Caetano Veloso. He took it from an old Brazilian waltz which began "Maria Bethânia, you are for me/The lady of the sugar mill."

Parents: José Teles Veloso (Seu Zezinho) and Claudionor Viana Teles Veloso (Canô Veloso).