My mother told me this story and it is worth registering here.
Work on the coffee plantations has always been tough. Many immigrant families from Italy, Portugal, Spain as well as Brazilian families, lived in Northern Paraná state in Brazil. Immigrant families did not see with good eyes the daughters marrying guys who were not of the same origin, especially those considered Brazilians.
But no one can stop love!
So, couples, usually with the help of the boy’s parents, combined of eloping. This used to happen on clear nights of full moon, after lent when the the coffee harvest began.
They flee in clear moon nights and the next day were together harvesting the coffee.
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