Murals 9 - The Sacada
@Nakitakona (59987)
Philippines
October 22, 2019 3:05am CST
Our city's major income-generating is sugar.
The agricultural land of our city is mostly planted with sugarcane. During harvest time which usually starts in the first week of September.
The planters or the sugar barons are hiring sacada or immigrant cane cutters usually they come from a neighboring island like Panay.
"Sacada" or cane cutters are the main theme of the 9th mural painting.
This mural is about the six landmarks of our small city. 1. Twin falls 2. Century old Church 3. Sugar Mill 4. Iron Dinosaur (locomotive) 5. Balay Daku...
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
22 Oct 19
That's what we call them here in Negros. You've never heard of "antesepo"?
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@thelme55 (79324)
• Germany
22 Oct 19
@Nakitakona Nope. I have not heard of "antesepo" as well. What is that?
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
22 Oct 19
@thelme55 It's the partial advancement payment as by the cane cutters or sacada and they give it to their wife.
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@Alexandoy (65302)
• Cainta, Philippines
22 Oct 19
Our former housemaid is from Negros. Her father is a sacada.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
22 Oct 19
Sugar, jaggery and sugarcane products might be cheap in your country or city.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
22 Oct 19
Nope. That's our problem. We mainly plant sugarcane, harvest them and mill and yet the price is not cheap.
@erictsuma (9725)
• Mombasa, Kenya
22 Oct 19
Oh ok that nice. In my country Kenya Maize farming is the economy backbone
