The Reality of Salt Making in the Philippines (Irasan Salt)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 มิ.ย. 2024
- How can we bring back the glory in the Philippine salt production industry? We are in the middle of the scenic saltbeds of Kawit, Cavite, where the 55-year-old “Tatay Nerly” remains to be one of the last saltmakers in the country.
Making one of the most important ingredients in the world is hard work and the effects of climate change are directly affecting the already tedious process. Globalization and the outdated ASIN Law of 1995 in the Philippines have hampered the growth of these small business owners who are struggling to keep the dying practice alive. The question remains: what is next for the local artisanal salt industry in the Philippines?
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The problem with legislation in the Philippines is that it is anti-poor,drafted by the privileged without asking about the people's concerns. Though seemingly well intentioned, it alienates the workers, the people struggling to get by, and augments big industry and foreign imports. In South Korea, they actually prefer uniodized salt for making kimchi,as it tastes less bitter. Thank you for showing us the heartbreaking reality of these salt makers. I hope that these artisanal industries can be revived and the younger generation can be more interested and engaged in them.
☝️ right on the money. Democracy here is definitely dead 💀
Exactly, everything now is anti poor, the government wants the poor to expire, very evil,
the people who speak like you are called communist. The youth who speak the truth like you are persecuted, calle names, threatened and killed
Let us admit...those salt makers were left behind because the previous administrations neglected them. And comes the greedy friends, allies & relatives of these ball sheet politicians starting from corykong salot aquino all the way to maodygong. Giving priorities,leeways,favors to their selected croc friends to utilize govt.resources to advance their businesses....natural resources of the country were exvlusively handed over to them for their own good. Never mind the poor majority as long as we are making money who cares🤣a demonic mindset tsktsktsk...Marcos leadership is really incomparable to all past presidents....love for the country & it's citizens were their priorities. May God bless Pbbm & the rest of his family. Inshallah.
I hope there's people can help make it easier ❤
Ganitong content ang dapat millions ang views.
Frustrating to hear that the govt opted to import iodized salt rather than supporting our local farmers. An industry is dying bec of the choices made in the past. Thanks featr, informative episode indeed
The sad thing is that we have a lot of innate natural resources here but our government still opts to have them imported. Salt and sugar canes used to be prevalent here in our province but I watched them quickly disappear. Just 15 years ago, I could still buy and munch on sugar canes but now they've disappeared. Fields of sugar canes now turned to empty lots.
With all due respect, if that farmers not suffer from iodine deficiency - they will know, how to preserve they hard labor from rain, and how easy to add some iodine in their products.
Compared to Japan their artisans are supported and valued. Sad to say the Philippines can't see it as we rather support big companies. Kaya ang mahirap nanatiling mahirap.
I'm from the coastal area of Bacoor (adjacent to Kawit), where irasans also thrived but long gone because of rapid land development and reclamation for residential and commercial use (same happened in Las Piñas). When I was young, our family used to live near irasans. So sad that this traditional way of making salt is slowly fading. Whenever I see those irasans in Kawit, it brings back lots of childhood memories. I pray that the hardworking mang-iiras of Kawit will overcome the challenges. Thank you FEATR for sharing this story of irasans in Cavite to everyone!
Years ago, in my childhood, I remember coming home from school & passing by salt makers raking in their harvest during sunset. Needless to say, it was very poetic. I always loved seeing those salt beds. It made me very sad when they built a Jollibee & an overpass in Las Pinas right where the salt beds were. My family & others I know still have large jars of sea salt in their kitchen, using it mainly when they cook. I search for the taste of it when I try sea salt in other countries I visit or live in.
i used to live there........ and fk if you buy that salt. cause the garbage dump is beside the river.
Im sure di lng mang aasin ang nawala pati na ang mga mangingisda kaya ang taas ng price ng isda sa metro manila dahil sa reclamation isipin nyo ung moa na yan ang mga parents ko nagingisda pa sila hanggang jan ngaun lupa na
You are doing a great job in shedding light to the indigenous culinary culture in the country. This is one of the stories where if it hadn't with this channel would not been known. These salt farmers need help in their trade to upgrade their farming while still retaining the age old tradition of salt making.
featr deserves a spot on the national tv honestly. more filipinos should watch contents like this
Hello, Erwan and Team! My Papa's family is from Las Piñas and making salt provided them a living when they were young. Now, he can only reminisce the days as he said this industry is now dying and though he doesn't say it in words, we know it pains him. This documentary touched my heart at its deepest, this and all your other documentary surely mean a lot to those whose livelihood and culture are slowly fading away. Your channel serves as a strong support, a powerful voice to those who can only say so much and I wish you and your team the best! ❤️
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naalala ko pa yang mga asinan sa may coastal noong early 90's. ngayon ginawa sya na recyling plant.
Cn I touch ur heart too..?
Very sad reminiscing , Las Pinas Pulanglupa Real one of the Salt selling . We live there for almost 20yrs .
when we moved to Las Pinas from Cebu in 1978, i saw those salt beds and capiz makers in Bacoor. when the Coastal Road was built, it took those places away. but i think the introduction of iodized salt is what really killed the asinans.
Exactly! Do you know who promoted imported iodized salt in the country? It is the midget Juan Flavier🤣
@@justasking506 ASIN Law killed our salt makers. This law requires ALL local salt produced to be iodized. The problem is that iodizer is expensive for our local salt producers.
It is one of our pride that our local govt should look into. Here in mid east buying sea salt is more expensive than iodize/table salt. In other county it is called artisanal sale like maldon sea salt, etc. Our salt is also too. Hope they will revive these kind of local produce.
You guys are getting better and better at producing high quality content. This one is a level up. Like a wake up all. It's not just the salt artisans... every artisans in this country suffers due to lack of support from pretentious policy makers who couldn't even get a grasp of what it means to actually struggle everyday. Those politicians who run to protect their own businesses and personal interests.
Kudos to the FEATR team. I felt like watching a national geographic episode.
I was raised by a family of salt makers. A family of 10 children , when the clock strikes at 2 pm, we will all help in the salt beds in whatever we can. Years by, our father retires and we are teachers & employees. We have our own families now. Sad that in Bulacan, because of the rise of the water level, salt farms were eaten by the waters of the sea. Thank you that you have these informative video.
Thank you for sharing your story and for watching!
Thank you Erwan for bringing these agricultural issues to light. Hoping that your influence can tap and wake our leaders. Maraming salamat Erwan at FEATR!
Shedah, I'm feeling emotional watching this as a batang 90's. Naabutan ko pa yung mga nagalalako ng asin sa kariton. Naalala ko tuloy yung 1 episode of a Korean variety show na Fun-restaurant. They also feature yung salt making ng country nila para mahikayat ang mga consumers na bumili sa local produced salts since mas mahal talaga yung ganitong asin sa ibang bansa. Kaibahan lang, government supported yung mga local salt maker nila. Sana we can do it din kasi they are still here and may resources pa rin naman sa bansa.
Reason why mas pinili kong gumamit ng rock salt or salt na nabibili sa mga palengke na per kilo. Dati nagpifield trip kami sa gawaan ng salt, ganyan na ganyan very manual.
Thank you for continuously doing this. Shedding light to endangered art, crafts & cultural treasures of the country.
I am a child of the irasan of Cavite and I hold precious memories of grandparents and youth long gone with it.
I hope more people look into your advocacy and try to help salvage these cultural gems we are losing to poverty, ignorance & lack of societal support.
Congratulations on your recent award. You deserve more.
May you never lose the drive to keep re-educating Filipinos of their history & culture.
And may those who have the influence find the courage to speak up with you.
what an incredible and informative video! I wish there were English subtitles for non-Tagalog speaking folks like me, I would've loved to understand what the saltmakers were saying
I checked there is an English subtitles. Click the upper right side a CC will show. Click that and the subtitles will show.
This translation is based on my understanding if there is an error feel free to add to the comments. I only translated the part where the salt makers talks.
In the first dialogue the 1st salt maker introduced himself and said that he was young when he handled a post at the 'asinan' i guessed it was the salt bed. he used to cry because most of the people with him are old and all of the heavy carrying tasks are given to him since they are old and he can't just order them, he said because he is new (i guessed they were training him).
in the 2nd dialogue he said he was a salt maker for 18 years. unlike before where the yields are good, it changed when the 2000s came where it was always hot and now in april it rains. The salt makers began to feel apathy because the work was hard and had no profit, if it rains the process will restart again so he feels like the work they do is a risk or punch to the moon or unattainable.
The second salt maker said the salt is better because of amihan or Northeast monsoon if the direction of the wind changes the quality of salt is bad and coarse, the amihan makes the salt whiter?
The 2nd dialogue of the 2nd salt maker: there are not many birds but it's white if the feathers are dark or black it means it's gonna rain ( I don't quite understand the whole context about the bird I'm sorry).
Third salt maker: Clear day and rainy day is alternating there is no month where it was completely clear day and where they can harvest. The yields are only 500 sacks before the yield was thousands. In heavy rains the salt beds are flooded therefore we use a water pump to transfer the water for the salt to dry but if it always rains we are losing in the cost of gasoline.
The 2nd SM(salt maker) said they are struggling, the work that is supposed to support them is a loss.
The 2st salt maker said when you enter this industry it's a venture and you must ready yourself, it was nature it was destined and they can't do anything about it.
The 3rd SM: There are small number of mag iiras or salt maker and because of the law that mandates to buy iodize law and their work is almost banned some stop making salt because they are arrested for people needed to buy iodized salt.
1st SM: During the implementation of buying only iodized salt no one bought our salt. It's like the law said that don't patronize this kind of salt. This work has no pay until we have the salt. It will make you cry and the capital is blood and sweat. It's a venture or gamble so you just accept what is given to you you can't do anything about it.
turn on cc to enable english subs
wag kame pauline bautista. 😂
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The nature of a Filipino, is still smile and happy despite of adversaries and challenges
while the authorities' priority is logo and branding of govt offices, here erwan doing the work for them.
True.
I am 32 years old now and I belong to the last generation who witnessed the glory days of the irasan industry in Bacoor during the early-mid 90s, until its downfall a few years after.
How sad that our government keeps trying to keep up with progress in terms of advancement but never provides alternative jobs for those who would be highly impacted by it.
I love how this show teaches us about food, culture, history and law.
It is quite heartbreaking that the Philippine government does not teach salt farmers to make iodized salt but instead imports salt to fertilize coconuts.
Growing up with family from Cavite City, we have so many stories about my uncles and aunties driving by mountains of salt. I wish the Philippines prioritized the importance and value of heritage/native artisanal practices. We need a collective group to protect and preserve this knowlege as well as an Origin label on these goods much like Italy or even Japan has. It's not right that France can charge 30 euros a pound for the same thing while Filipino farmers get short changed and not even an eighth of the notoriety their skills deserve. I appreciate all the effort and attention you bring to these craftsmen with these videos their knowlegde is invaluable. We deserve our place on the global scale just as much as any other country.
The problem of the salt farmers is 27 years old yet the Philippine Congress has remained blind and deaf to their plight.
So on point.
WOW what a tradition we should keep it alive watching the process of salt is so amazing ❤️❤️❤️🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
While I really like how FEATR showcases these heirloom products I am also sad that it is a dying trade.
True enough the importation of iodized salt had a huge impact as the focus was on addressing a health concern on thyroid and cognitive issues in babies due to malnutrition but given how we better understand these things here is to hoping that heirloom salts like this is encouraged.
I hope with these amendments things will not be too late.
Thank you for making videos like this. I still fervently hope that our government watches these. If they're not going to repeal the ASIN law, at least they should subsidize local small producers so they can afford the equipment to iodize salt. Make our NATIVE (and ancient) industries competitive, instead of relying on imports every time there's a shortage which further worsens our economy.
Thank you for this documentary. This dying heritage of salt making in the Philippines remains in the hearts of my family here in Bulacan. May the government make a vivifying venture to focus on what we have right in here in our homeland. May this dying heritage bring back to its glory and not be just a memory we will reminisce in the future.
This channel deserves a lot more subscribers and views. Thanks Featr team for bringing these dying philippine cultures to light. My utmost respect to Erwan and the whole team!
Muchos Gracias Erwan for featuring IRASANS of Cavite. Maraming Irasan noong araw dito sa Cavite, meron sa Rosario, Noveleta, Kawit at Bacoor. Sad to say nawala na lahat yung sa Noveleta particularly sa Longbeach o San Rafael area. Naaalala ko pa noong mga bata kami twing magbabakasyon ako sa tiya ko sa Noveleta (btw im from Cavite City) lalo na kung summer season nakikitulong kami sa pag iiras. Actually yung kwento ni Tatay Nerly.
Nakakalungkot lang na ang pamahalaan natin eh nakalimutan na ang mga traditional na way sa paggawa ng asin. Wala man lang ayuda mula sa government para mapanatili ang mga ganitong tradisyunal na paggawa.
Kasi konti lang ang nakukuha nilang pera dyan.
Alam mo naman ang gobyerno dito sa pinas basta mapuno lang ang bulsa ng mga nasa gobyerno wala na silang pakialam sa mga taong mahihirap.
Thats the reality in the Philippine gov't.
You sir and the folks behind you truly deserve to be recognised with this short documentary. I shed tears of sorrow yet of joy that one of the dying industries in our land is getting the noticed. Bless your channel and waiting for your next feature.
this 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Thank you for covering the Irasan salt of Kawit. Hopefully the traditional salt making process will somehow be preserved. Respect to our salt makers and keepers of the tradition.
Ang galing lang! Sana mapanuod ito ng mga taga Government🙏🙏 sana matulongan nmn nila.
Thank you, FEATR! ❤
Dati pa ako naghahanap ng ganitong content about sa pag gawa ng asin, finally ito na. Maraming salamat po. Ganito na pala anb situation kaya pala ei nagmahal na din ang asin. Maigi sana kung suportahan ng kung sino may kakayahan palagyan ng bubong para kung umulan hindi mawawasak ang kanilang hanap buhay, at kung umaraw ay bubuksan naman.
"wag tangkilikin"
With all the hardwork ang sakit pakinggan
it's always like this, in the Philippines those who work the hardest gets the short end of the stick. Kaya as much as I can I do not haggle especially kapag quality local items
Keep going Erwan and team FEATR🙏🏼 thanks for giving our culinary culture relevance and be seen as it should be 🎉🎉🎉
I've been to this Irasan year (2018) through Miss Earth Philippines. Thank you for featuring this dying heritage. I look forward to more stories like this. 💗
Thank you, Erwan, for videos like this. Ang ganda at nakakalungkot at the same time. Sana our gov’t will fight for them naman talaga.
As a Filipino, I have little interest in this work but even I understand that the nation will suffer significantly without these industries. We use salt a lot in cooking... I am a layman in these matters but the nation having to rely on imports when it used to be self-sufficient is a terrible situation. Other industries use salt a lot so I hope the government helps them more and more people join this industry.
It is so heartbreaking to see and hear that the age old salt making traditions are slowly dying. I still remember how fascinated I was seeing those fields of salt being made for the first time. My dad pointed out to me the way they make salt.
A very good content of making salt of Philippines. Perfect for FEATR.
That Irasan was literally my childhood. Having an early morning walk seeing bunch of salt and Playing hide and seek in the "Kamalig". 😢😢
Thank you for creating this documentary on Cavite's Salt making history. I'm from Bacoor and our family is one of many who made a living from the irasan. As a kid, I would go to the irasan during summer to "help out" and play. This documentary brought me beautiful memories. Thank you!!!
In the 70s there were a lot of irasan around our ancestral house in Noveleta. During summers, salt produce fill the camalig up to the ceiling. I loved watching the mag-iiras working the saltbeds.
Now all that is gone, replaced by small houses and fish ponds. I miss the old days😞😞😞
Govt attention and support are needed by this thing and this people. After all, we all use and need this salt in so many ways.
God bless the salt makers ❤
This is good content kasi every time na mag balik ako sa town ko sa cavite city itong irasan from noveleta ang siyang hinahanap ko I was there nun young age ko 70’s nilusaw ng gobyerno ang asinan makers ng cavite sa isang pirma lang busog ang gobyerno naghirap na ang irasan sa cavite it’s a nature blessing but nature sa government ang corruption be proud a caviteno god bless erwan and team.
Mabuhay ka manong. Sana lahat ng naghahanap buhay ganyan katyaga ang pananaw sa buhay. Pagpalain po kayo.
I hope and wish more young minds will be able to study and be fascinated of our traditional agriculture system and be qble to help improve, preserve, and understand the need to make all of these sustainable and competent to the rest of the world
May this video reach the government and be prioritized. In this kind of industry, climate change is their biggest enemy. but I believe with the right equipment and support from the LGUs and the government itself these farmers can adapt new ways and procedures to produce salt.
God bless all the hardworking farmers of the Philippines 💙
As a proud Filipino living abroad, I always look forward to your next documentary. I am learning more about our culture and tradition in your channel. Can I suggest that you make a documentary about Filipino alphabet and why it was left to die out (for obvious reason). Thank you
Hello. I think this channel mainly features food but look for the Tomasinos or the American soldiers who taught schools which westernized our educational system. The spanish wanted us to remain savages or remain simpletons so they can take away our land. Agaw lupa happened in the Spanish era. Very few are interested to speak straight tagalog and when I do this even to some elederly they are also puzzled by some of the words I use. but the dialects are still alive. The Indigenous people around 110 kinds have almost an extinct documentation of the language.
I used to lived there when I was young, I remember the beautiful scenic of white salt pile in every banigan and wonder how they make the salt.
My mother told me a story about asinan near Dalahican, Cavite City. They simply ask for asin from mag iiras for free. Asinan used to line the road from Noveleta to Cavite City. I remember bunch of salt there ready to be harvested when I was younger, and it's saddening that it's all gone now. I saw an old mag-iiras harvesting his last salt before his salt bed was developed as a road. Thank you for this documentary! You enlightened a lot of people with this.
nakakamiss yung marami kang madadaanang irasan sa cavite..😢
I really hate how this channel stayed underrated. Great documentaries!
underrated??? with 3 million
@@jinjin9780 Yes but I think it's not enough hahaha
This channel deserves more views..kudos!🙌🙌
Thank you for all the hardworking saltmaker i salute them, its just make me sad because of the clinate change and becoming more urban, industrialized ..so people lost their interest for this kind of work specially the youth..
Thank you Sir for your content. Grabe if only more people, more influencer mag content ng ganito 🥹 ang laking tulong, laking bagay sana. Kudos sa inyo Sir
We can export this as artisanal salt. I hope the government supports these salt makers.
I'm from Noveleta Cavite..Dati napakaraming irasan sa aming lugar lalo na sa San Rafael..ngayun unti unti narin naibenta ng mga may-ari ng irasan ang kanilang asinan dahil sa hirap narin siguro maka ani at benta ng asin.Sayang lang dahil dati kapag pupunta kami ng cavite city yang irasan ang isa sa magandang tanawin na makikita mo lalo na makita mo ang nagliliparang mga tagak,tikling at iba pang lahi ng ibon.
nakakalungkot isipin na pati ito mawawala, WAG NAMAN SANA! THANK YOU for featuring this reality. ♥
Big respect to those who work, in this industry. Mabuhay po kayo, it's not a easy job.
I appreciate you more now that your content is more educational and shining light to things in the world that would have never seen daylight. I stopped watching you for a while , and I just recently started again. Thank you for working so hard to produce an impeccable video .
In addition, one of the irreversible effects of pollution is micro plastics. No matter how hard we try to revive a dying tradition, the fear of consuming micro plastics is there, we really don't have much nothing to do. Development of new filtration system is difficult and expensive. It is truly sad of what we have become.
I didn't know there's salt making industry in Kawit. Thanks.
Thank you FEATR for this video about Irasans. Only a few of Filipinos know about this. And it touched my heart so deeply, knowing that we can possibly sustain our own salt industry, but we are relying on imports. I hope and pray that we may continuosly strive to help them- Irasans, by supporting the salt makers through buying our own. And i hope many generations of Salt makers may come forward and help our Salt industry.
Another eye-opening story from FEATR. Kudos!🙌👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
our government should focus research and development on every aspect of the farmers here in our country and helping them recover of there livelihood as well as pushing them to get back on track and support our very own market like sugar cane
This is why I became a subscriber. Bro I really like your vlog because it’s informative and I learned a lot by watching your vlogs. It’s truly amazing and keep up the great work bro.👏👏👏
Omg, i remember stories from people in kawit cavite where we did our thesis in kaingen. Saltmaking was their primary source of livelihood and it is really a sad reality how it slowly diminishing.
Thank you for this!
A month late watching this,but extremely thankful for documenting this. Now, i can share this to friends when I try to describe how the Irasan look like.
I grew up sa Irasan both my parents family owned and worked sa Irasan. I myself as a kid helped cleaning the banigan and harvest all the tilapia and other fishes to make way to the irrigation of the water. So sad for the lost craft.
We need more production and direction like this one. 10/10!
Oh lord ! Pls help dis people . Kawawa nman sila . Sobrang hirap ng trabaho nila . I witnessed dis kind of hard work . Im fr. Las pinas . Nakikita ko mga magulang ng kaklase ko noon . Talagang hirap sila . Lalo na pag umulan na . Sana nman suportahan ng gobyerno ang asinan specially dis hardworking men . ❤ wag puro corrupt . Pay attention for dis people😢
Been curious since I was a child how salt are being made.😮 Thank you so much for this FEATR! More power to the whole team! 🎉❤😮
WOW,Thank You for this information.
Naalala ko noong high school days,being studied in MMSU School of Fisheries in Ilocos Norte,as part of Fish Preservation,nasubukan din namin gumawa Ng asin.
It's a long process Pero I enjoyed it.
Hope we can save this and save them... Let's provide more work for the Filipinos..
A beautiful documentary--so sad that the salt industry was left to languish. Let's hope that it can be revived and properly promoted by government authorities. I have actually seen the salt beds of Kawit and it is a tough life for the salt makers. Please support them!
Amazing ❤❤
Great documentary 👍👍😊
Kailangan tangkalikin naten Ang gawang atin .dahil maraming tao na umaasa lng sa ganitong hanap buhay kahit suntok sa buwan Ang kita.go parin dahil dito Ang hanap buhay nila.kaya Sana tayong mga Pinoy tangkalikin Ang sariling atin
My family used to own an irasan in bacoor cavite. This brings back good memories gone by
Salute to all salt makers..support them..👏
My father used to be a mangaasin ng Bulacan when I was young. Oh, to run on those pilapil. Thank you for making these series about asinans. Bring back a lot of memories.
When i was young, my parents were working in "irasan" the water we use for making salt is from a big fish pond... That with tiles called "banigan" so each banigan has a proper count of how many full water buckets need to be poured in each banigan .. as it soaks in the sunlight for full day and night after that day we use to use "pangkayod" for salt gathering. I miss those days..
thank you for making this much needed documentary.
When I was young before I even went to Visayas to study, when we're going out of town I'd see various salt beds. It's like every area where there is sea water, there'd be salt bed as well. But when I came back here in Cavite I was saddened because I was looking forward to those but then they are nowhere to be found now. And that's when I immediately realized that the industry here in Cavite regarding salt makers has already died but then I saw this episode and I was relieved but still saddened that Manong was the only one continuing this traditional way of making salt.
It's been a practice of our beloved government to impose laws and practices without overlooking the ones who'll be affected. c'mon mahal kong Pilipinas.
This very informative content deserves a million views
FEATR is on a roll. This made me step back a little and reflect on the most basic human needs and those I often neglect and waste. I have never liked the iodized version sold in supermarkets. Nowadays, you only get access to this type of salt when you personally go to the marketplace or at sari sari stores.
I always support local farmer/ saltmaker best salt i ever tasted❤
Hope this can be on Ph tv too😣
Knowing what this salt makers are going through, what can Erwan and this documentary do to help them .
This is the salt that we normally use in cooking when I was young
Naalala sometimes I spend my summers sa family friends sa bacoor cavite and pag umakyat ka sa 2nd floor ng bahay nila and sa bubong makikita mo yung salt farm, bata palang ako nagagamdahan ako sa salt farm, naalala ko rin pag sakay kame ng van papuntang tagaytay meron kame nadadaanan na ibang salt farm, simple lang ang buhay noon but ang ganda at masaya. 😊
FEATR deserves a spot on mainstream media.. documentation is just....
Many thanks! You educate lots of Filipinos with your well done dokyus.
I hope our government now can greatly focus and support these endangering and dying artisans.
Mabuhay po kayo Salamat.po sa paggawa ng asin.
This is the heartbreaking reality in the Philippines… 😢
The government does not buy from salt farmers but imports salt to fertilize coconuts and then exports coconut seedlings to Indonesia.
😢😢😢
Taga bacoor ako, yung basketball court namin katabi lang ng irasan kaya madalas ako manuod nyan . Nakakatuwa sana d mawala mga ganyan abutan pa ng mga anak ko
i used to love seeing the irasans in Noveleta Cavite on my way to my home town of Cavite City... :( now it is all just a fond memory...they are indeed food artisans and this documentary hits me deep.... 😢❤ i always thought the irasans were sooooo beautiful... shame the younger generations don't even know it once existed
I love this channel that features our local farmers and other livelihood that we have here in PH. Though it's very sad to watch but this is the reality...
love this kind of videos, thanks featr