Then there is another memorial near a spring or well in Loay that has since been declared the actual site where Sikatuna and Miguel Lopez de Legazpi conducted the “sandugo” or blood compact, which is ...

LOAY, BOHOL, Philippines — The 452nd anniversary of the Blood Compact (Sandugo)—between Datu Sikatuna and Miguel Lopez de Legaspi on March 25—was celebrated in Loay town of Bohol ...

The problem with this analogy is what happened after the Sandugo, Chua said. “They (the Spaniards) did not know the significance of the blood compact to us. That’s why they colonised us.

The Province of Bohol has commemorated the 459 th Blood Compact and the opening of Saulog Festival 2024. The life-size Sandugo monument, an important cultural property sculpted by national artist ...

TAGBILARAN CITY — The Saulog Tagbilaran Festival 2025 kicked off on Sunday, March 16, in time for the 460th Sandugo (blood compact) commemoration. It started with a Mass at the St. Joseph the ...

The Blood Compact, or Sandugo, was a peace pact made in 1565 between Spanish explorer Miguel López de Legazpi and Bohol chieftain Datu Sikatuna. The ritual symbolized friendship and alliance between ...

000 plus trophy for the street dancing competition of the month-long 2012 Sandugo (Blood Compact) celebration. It also won the Best in Instrumentation award. The street dancers of Catigbian town ...

there is also the Sandugo Festival of Bohol ... a spectacular dance-musicale enacting the historic March 16, 1565 blood compact between Spanish conquistador Miguel Lopez de Legaspi and Datu ...