Painted Banana Paradise

In Qishenshan, Kaohsiung County, an area that suffered serious flooding in the Typhoon Morakot disaster, locals from the Xizhou Nanxin Community Development Association have got together to begin to beautify their environment, bringing the area’s history alive by painting the story of the traditional local banana culture on bare walls around the community. The group, comprising of grandmothers, mothers and children, have passed away many hours and days under the scorching sun, and stroke by stoke brought to life the glorious past of Qishenshan Village.  In former years Qishen was named ‘The Banana Kingdom’, and the women of the village played essential role both in the fields as well as performing their daily house choirs – in essence running the whole show and contributing a great deal to the development of the banana kingdom.

Painted Banana Paradise – Grandma Paints Heaven on Earth (by CJ DomoWorks)
URL:http://www.peopo.org/news/62395

(以下為中文對照)

彩繪香蕉心樂園 阿嬤畫出新天地 (公民記者 瞳夢工場DomoWorks 報導)
 

高雄縣旗山鎮在八八水災曾嚴重淹水，溪洲南新社區發展協會在社區居民共同參與美化環境工作，將溪洲蕉農產業文化的故事，透過彩繪圍牆的方式來呈現。一群婆婆媽媽及小朋友，頂著烈日一筆一劃揮灑出屬於她們的生命歲月，也紀錄著溪洲曾有的輝煌歷史。旗山鎮曾有「香蕉王國」的稱號，當時婦女農事、家事一手包辦，內外都要兼顧，造就繁榮的「香蕉王國」。

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