"We lived in the barrack yards those days..."

A "Barrack Yard" is what they called the houses provided for those who worked on the plantation. They could range from claustrophobic galvanized shelters to individual huts called "tapas houses" - Tapas Houses were distinctive because its walls where plastered with a mud mixed with cow dung as binding agent.

Silla's aunt, Cece, grew up in the barracks yards with her mother Sasa. 

In this clip, Silla describes what life was like for her grandmother, Sasa (born 1876).