Plantation Collage

Collage of Filipino Plantation Life
Dylan Gera

The collage represents the life of the Filipino plantation workers and their work. It shows the way that the Filipinos got to Hawaii: by boat. The first Filipinos came in 1909 as workers to fill the vacancies left by the striking Japanese workers. It also shows that the women had to work in the fields and take care of the children at the same time. The collage illustrates the standard of living for the workers; with the picturing of a shack and a dining room. Pictures of workers standing in their grubby and stitched clothing and workers tending the sugar cane are also shown. The collage also shows contributions the Filipinos made to dance, activities and food such as: chicken adobo, traditional dance and cockfighting. After the plantation era many of the Filipinos workerd selling their food to local people and toursits alike. The food they sold was a big hit and it became known that Filipinos had some of the tastiest food. Many Filipinos still worked in labor jobs after the plantation era and continue to do so today. Overall, the collage tells about how the Filipinos worked hard and lived a rough life out in the plantation fields.