The Spanish colonization of the Philippines began with a blood-sealed peace treaty on the shores of Bohol. This historic event is remembered today with an all-out fiesta at the island's capital city. Check out the Sandugo street dancing parade featuring ten colorfully-dressed groups dancing to the beat of drums. There's also a traditional Filipino carnival, a martial arts festival, and Miss Bohol Sandugo Beauty Pageant, among the dozen of other exciting activities.
Sandugo Festival (Philippine-Tourism.biz)
The Sandugo Festival festivities start in March while the tribal street dance competitions begins in July to coincide with the
'Tigum Bol-anon Tibuok Kalibutan' (The People of Bohol) festival. It includes the re-anactment of the
blood compact, religious mass and street parade and dancing and search for the Miss Bohol.
Sandugo Festival (Wikipedia) The Sandugo Festival is an annual historical event that takes place every year on the island of Bohol in the Philippines.
This festival commemorates the treaty of friendship between Datu Sikatuna, a chieftain in Bohol and Spanish explorer Miguel López de Legazpi.
This 16th century peace treaty occurred on March 16, 1565 through a blood compact.
The festival takes place in March, and the official tribal dance competitions begins in July to coincide with the "Tigum Bol-anon Tibuok Kalibutan"
(The People of Bohol) festival. It involves a re-anactment of the blood compact, a religious mass and parade on the streets and the search for the
Miss Bohol beauty pageant.
Sandugo Festival Bohol Philippines Sandugo Festival is a yearly historical event that takes place every year on the month of March, in the island of Bohol. This festival honors the celebration of a local Philippine leader Datu Sikatuna's blood compact and association or treaty of friendship with the Spanish king conquistador, Captain General Miguel López de Legazpi in March 16, 1565.
Sandugo Festival Held annually during the hot summer month of March, Sandugo Festival is a major attraction in the beautiful province of Bohol in the Philippines. For years, the local residents religiously celebrate one of the most historic and colorful events of the country. Simultaneously, hordes of local guests and visitors from all over the world come to the province to witness this major spectacle.
Sandugo (Wikipedia) The Sandugo was a blood compact, performed in the island of Bohol in the Philippines, between the Spanish explorer Miguel López de Legazpi and
Datu Sikatuna the chieftain of Bohol on March 16, 1565, to seal their friendship as part of the tribal tradition.
This is considered as the first treaty of friendship between the Spaniards and Filipinos. "Sandugo" is a Visayan word which means "one blood".
Bohol Sandugo Festival The Sandugo Festival or Blood Compact Commemoration of the treaty of friendship of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi.
Razzle Dazzle — Sandugo Festival The Sandugo Festival celebrates the signing of a treaty of friendship between the Spanish Captain General Miguel Lopez de Legaspi and Datu Sikatuna, a local Philippine leader. The treaty was signed on the SW coast of Bohol Island in March of 1565. This was 44 years after Ferdinand Magellan was killed attacking a Philippine village on Mactan Island about 50 miles north of here.
Philippines Travel Guide: Sandugo Festival The annual celebration of the Sandugo Festivities begins in the month of March. However, the streetdancing competitions have been changed to July to coincide with the annual TBTK or Tigum Bol-anon Tibuok Kalibutan, translated into English, literally or otherwise as a gathering of Boholanos (the people of Bohol) from around the world.
Sandugo Festival (WikiPilipinas) At present, the highlight of the Sandugo Festival is a street dancing competition held in Tagbilaran City. Each local high school develops its own dance choreography with special costumes. During the festival itself, these groups of dancers are each followed by a small marching band to provide music.
Sandugo Festival, Historical and Cultural Event in Bohol Hundreds and thousands of people from around the Philippines and the world gather for this special event which involves colorful costumes and loud drum beats, street parades, church services, fireworks, beauty pageants (Miss Bohol and Miss Tagbilaran), cockfighting tournaments and sport tournaments. The main highlights of the Sandugo Festival is a street parade with a street dancing competition, a re-enactment of the first sandugo or blood compact, and the Search for Miss Bohol Sandugo.
