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Which Brazilian city is widely recognized as the birthplace of Pixação, the graffiti style with a lettering system so cryptic only fellow writers can read it?
Answer
São Paulo
Pixação emerged in São Paulo in the 1980s, developing its own angular, coded script influenced by runic symbols and heavy metal band logos, and covering the city's skyscrapers.
💡 Did you know?
Brazil's Pixo graffiti writers use their own coded lettering system so complex that only other Pixo members can read their tags.
Other options people guess
- Rio de Janeiro
- Salvador
- Brasília
Topics
- street-art
- graffiti
- brazil
- pixacao
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