Cezar Chavez is a well known hero of the labor rights of Mexican farmers; However, not many people know of Larry Itliong. Larry Itliong was a labor leader activist in the fight for rights of farmers in the United States. He was a major leader for the rights of Filipino farmers alongside Cesar Chavez who led for rights of Filipino farmers. Larry Itliong had ties to Filipino crew leaders and labor contractors. Larry itliong, was 47, immigrated from the Philippines at age 15 and worked in the fields. In 1956, he created his own farm labor union. In 1956, he was the president of the Filipino Community of Stockton in 1959. He was hired as an organizer by AWOC. In 1956, he led the Delano Grape Strike. He was fighting alongside Cesar Chavez in UFWOC …show more content…
He led Filipino forces first against Spain. After hundreds of years of colonial rule there was a revolution against the Spanish empire. Under the dictatorship of Emilio Aguinaldo a revolutionary government was formed. He was the most gifted advisor for the revolution. There is an intense love between townspeople and revolutionary fighters which is freedom that Aguinaldo sees as the word “damayan”, which means to mourn a loss and sympathize another’s loss. The “damayan” is a way to create general identification and implicate sentiments. This general identification also relates to the solidarity of the revolutionary force called “Katipunan”, which also implies “becoming one” (Rafael, 2010). Filipino cultural dances are very strong representation of Filipino culture. Filipino folk dance is another way naming traditional Filipino cultural dances. Filipino folk dances express hints of cultural influences from around the world. There are hints of Spanish, Muslim, Malay influences. There are still Filipino folk dances that are unique to Filipinos. The Spanish performed the Jota Butanguena Polkabal. The dance was adapted and developed into different variations by Filipinos (Gonzalez,