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A plethora of cultures and subcultures have graced the land and water of Louisiana, but one that might surprise people are the Filipino settlers that first came to the shores of the Bayou State. Support us on Patreon and tell your momma and them about Louisiana Dread! Patreon.com/LouisianaDread #asianamerican #history #louisiana #louisianahistory #filipino #quickhistory Host: Kyle Crosby Camera/Editor: Michael Malley Coordinator: Samantha Rohr Transcript: Manila Village was a settlement of Filipino pirates, fishermen and laborers located on an island in Barataria Bay, behind Grand Isle. It was the second of two major settlements established by Filipino settlers in Louisiana. The first being St. Malo and not only was it the first permanent Filipino settlement, many believe it was the first Asian-American settlement in the country. St. Malo was initially occupied by Filipino slaves who had overthrown their Spanish captors, in the year 1763. At the time, Spain had colonized the Philippine Islands and enslaved the population. The Filipino countrymen arrived off the coast of Louisiana in six liberated Spanish galleons. They would be known locally as “Manilamen” and the newly liberated sailors became fishermen who caught and dried shrimp for export. On July 24, 1870, the Spanish-speaking residents of St. Malo, the first Filipino settlement in the U.S., founded the first Filipino social club, called Sociedad de Beneficencia de los Hispano Filipinos, to provide relief and support for the group’s members, including the purchasing of burial places for their deceased. These people are as intertwined in Louisiana history as much as Cajuns and Creoles. Their towns filled the coast with extensive raised platforms used to dry shrimp in the sun. Here they would perform an ancient ritual of "dancing the shrimp," a method for removing the heads and shells from dried shrimp. The "dancers," who wore canvas on their shoes, were often accompanied by guitar. On Fifi Island, just behind Grand Isle, remnants of a shrimp-drying platform established in the 1870s existed until Hurricane Katrina. The settlements were eventually destroyed by hurricanes: Saint Malo by the 1915 New Orleans hurricane and Manila Village by Hurricane Betsy in 1965. Only a small remnant of Manila island, about one acre in size, remained… until Hurricane Ida hit last year. We couldn’t bring you this information without your support on Patreon, and we’d like to thank those who have contributed and encourage anyone watching this video to consider becoming a patron at Patreon.com/LouisianaDread. Take a visit to Manila Plaza in Lafitte on your next trip to Louisiana. It holds several historical markers and commemorative plaques acknowledging important figures in the area's Filipino-American history. Subscribe for more Louisiana culture, history, and folklore. #titanic