The second annual Sakada Day celebration will take place from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday at the North Hawaii Education and Research Center at 45-539 Plumeria St. in Honokaa.
The second annual Sakada Day celebration will take place from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday at the North Hawaii Education and Research Center at 45-539 Plumeria St. in Honokaa.
The event is free and open to the public.
Sakada Day was enacted by the 2015 state Legislature to recognize those contract workers, or sakadas, who were recruited from the Philippines by the Hawaii Sugar Planters Association from 1906-46.
During this span of 40 years, more than 120,000 Filipinos arrived in Hawaii to work in the sugar and pineapple fields on all the islands. Of significance to Hawaii Island is that the first 15 sakadas to arrive were assigned to the Olaa Sugar Mill.
Exhibits of plantation artifacts and photographs of plantation life will be on display.
A variety of entertainment will be provided, including Filipino music, dances and songs.
In addition, there will be demonstrations showing how to make parols (Christmas stars), prepare Filipino salads and desserts and create flower arrangements. One workshop will be about the many uses of plants brought from the Philippines.
For more information, call Romel Dela Cruz at 775-0768 or 937-9478.