What is Sandugo Festival in Visayas?
The Sandugo Festival is an annual historical celebration that takes place every year in
Tagbilaran City on the island of Bohol in the Philippines. This festival commemorates
the Treaty of Friendship between Datu Sikatuna, a chieftain in Bohol, and Spanish
conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi.
What is the date of the Sandugo Festival?
Sandugo Festival is a cultural and historical festival as well as a founding anniversary
celebration held in the city of Tagbilaran in Bohol, Philippines every July 22nd.
Sandugo Festival
Discover the Meaningful History of Sandugo Festival
The ritual symbolized their mutual trust and cooperation. The blood compact took place on March
15, 1565. However, Bohol celebrates the Sandugo Festival in July to coincide with its founding
anniversary.
Who is the patron saint of Sandugo Festival?
This annual festival of the province commemorates the sandugo or blood compact
between Datu Sikatuna and Miguel López de Legazpi. Saulog which means
“celebration.” It is a festival of thanksgiving in Tagbilaran City in honor their patron
saint, St. Joseph the Worker.
What does the Sandugo Festival symbolize?
Sandugo Festival History
This symbolic act, from which the term “sandugo” (meaning “one blood”) came,
signified unity and a bond of friendship. The historic event took place on the shores of
Bohol. It's also considered one of the first diplomatic relations between the Philippines
and Spain.
What is the oldest city in Bohol?
Baclayon was the first municipality to be established in Bohol by the Spaniards and
included originally the areas now made up by the municipalities of Alburquerque,
Balilihan, Corella, and Sikatuna.
How many towns are in Bohol?
47 municipalities
The province is composed of one city, Tagbilaran City serving as its capital, and 47
municipalities grouped into 3 congressional districts. Tagbilaran City is located on the southwest
corner of the main island of Bohol, just across the smaller island of Panglao.
What is the meaning of sandugo?
"Sandugo" is a Visayan term meaning "one blood" (san means one, and dugo means
blood). A hallmark of the Philippine province of Bohol, the Sandugo is depicted in both
the provincial flag and seal as symbol of the Boholanos' love for peace.
Who made the Bohol blood compact?
General Miguel Lopez de Legazpi
Spanish Captain-General Miguel Lopez de Legazpi and Boholano Chieftain, Datu Sikatuna entered
into a blood compact, the first treaty of friendship and alliance between Spaniards and Filipinos on
March 16, 1565 in Barangay Bool, City of Tagbilaran.
What is the history of Sandugo Shrine?
It commemorates the blood compact (Sandugo) historical event between the local
chieftain Datu Sikatuna and Spanish explorer Miguel López de Legazpi on March 16,
1565. This significant event symbolized the first treaty of friendship and alliance
between Filipinos and Spaniards.
Who is the artist behind the sandugo monument?
The life-sized monument was created by National Artist Napoleon Abueva, a native
Boholano as well.
What happened in Sandugo?
The Legazpi-Sikatuna Blood Compact or Sandugo (Spanish: Pacto de Sangre) was a
blood compact, performed in the island of Bohol in the Philippines, between the Spanish
explorer Miguel López de Legazpi and Datu Sikatuna, chieftain of Bohol, on March 16,
1565, to seal their friendship following tribal tradition.
What is the original name of Bohol?
barrio of Bo-ol
The name Bohol is thought to be derived from the name of the barrio of Bo-ol, a barangay found in
Tagbilaran City which was among the first places toured by the Magellan expedition.
What is the smallest town in Bohol?
Corella, Bohol
Why is Chocolate Hills Bohol famous?
They are covered in green grass that turns brown (like chocolate) during the dry
season, hence the name. The Chocolate Hills a famous tourist attraction of the state
Bohol. They are on the provincial flag and seal as natural attractions of the province.
Bohol is composed of 1,109 barangays. In Bohol, most if not all, of its
barangay are further subdivided into sitios and puroks.
What is the youngest town in Bohol?
Bien Unido
Bien Unido is the youngest municipality in Bohol being founded in 1981 after it was
carved out and separated from the municipalities of Trinidad and Talibon.
First district in Bohol:
Alburquerque, Antequera, Baclayon, Balilihan, Calape, Catigbian, Corella, Cortes,
Dauis, Loon, Maribojoc, Panglao, Sikatuna and Tubigon.
Second District:
What are the municipalities of Bohol district 2?
The district consists of the northern municipalities of Bien Unido, Buenavista, Clarin,
Dagohoy, Danao, Getafe, Inabanga, President Carlos P. Garcia, Sagbayan, San Isidro,
San Miguel, Talibon, Trinidad and Ubay.
Third district:
The district consists of the southeastern municipalities of Alicia, Anda,
Batuan, Bilar, Candijay, Carmen, Dimiao, Duero, Garcia Hernandez,
Guindulman, Jagna, Lila, Loay, Loboc, Mabini, Pilar, Sevilla, Sierra
Bullones and Valencia.
Bohol
Region Central Visayas
Discovered by the Spanish March 25, 1565
Founded July 22, 1854
Capital and largest city Tagbilaran
