EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
migrant farmworker; seasonal laborer...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/sa-KA-da/
FIL: Isang manggagawang pansakahan, karaniwang mula sa ibang lugar, na kinukuha upang magtrabaho sa mga taniman, lalo na ng tubo, sa panahon ng anihan.
EN: migrant farmworker; seasonal laborer
Before there were BPO agents flying to Manila for work, there were 'sakadas'—seasonal farmhands, often from the Visayas, who traveled to work in the vast sugarcane haciendas of Negros. They are the unsung heroes of our sugar supply, enduring tough conditions for meager pay. A word loaded with social and historical meaning.
From Spanish "sacada", meaning "a taking out" or "exportation", referring to the transport of laborers.
ROOT MEANING: to farm; to cultivate
Strongly associated with the sugar industry in the Philippines, particularly in Negros Occidental.
🇵🇭 Marami sa mga sakada ay inaabuso ng kanilang mga kontratista.
🇺🇸 Many of the migrant farmworkers are abused by their contractors.
🇵🇭 Ang dokumentaryo ay tungkol sa buhay ng mga sakada sa Hacienda Luisita.
🇺🇸 The documentary is about the lives of the seasonal laborers in Hacienda Luisita.
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.