A short history of bohol part i bohol, philippines. Historically this blood compact is one of the most noteworthy events of bohol. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. Baclayon played a prominent role in the history of bohol since it was the first municipality ever to be established in the island by the spaniards. Sikatuna is politically subdivided into 10 barangay s. The order of sikatuna was established by president elpidio quirino as the order of sikatuna through executive order no. The blood compact was made by sikatuna and legazpi march.
About bohol alona panglao bohol beach resort, panglao. Sikatuna is a 4th class municipality in the province of bohol, philippines. And to symbolize the act, a blood compact between the two leaders was. Analysis of juan lunas paintings the blood compact o.
This is the first contact on record between a spaniard and a boholano. This article lists the precolonial leaders of individual kingdoms and polities in philippine history. You can also learn about the history of the philippines as well. It is conferred upon individuals who have rendered exceptional and meritorious services to the republic of the philippines, upon diplomats, officials and nationals of foreign states who have rendered conspicuous services in fostering, developing and strengthening. Contentsshow history commissioned in the us navy as the uss amick de168 in 1943, she was mostly assigned at the atlantic theatre doing escort duties for transatlantic convoys. There legaspi made a blood compact with the chieftain, datu sikatuna as a sign of friendship. Bohol sandugo festival join the philippines celebration. The town is named after datu sikatuna, the ancient chieftain of bohol barangays. Sikatuna was formerly a part of the towns of baclayon and alburquerque.
Bohols historical celebration of a bloody good friendship. Sikatuna, bohol news newspapers books scholar jstor. This is a timeline of philippine history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the philippines and their predecessor states. Philippine history spanish colonization flashcards quizlet. Sikatuna, officially the municipality of sikatuna, cebuano. Start studying philippine history spanish colonization. Philippine history, not only of tagbilaran city and the whole bohol province. Instead, it is just a book written by a historian in panay named pedro monteclaro. Again with the help of his pilot, legazpi explained two chiefs of bohol, datu sikatuna of bool and datu sigala of loboc that they were not.
Located 17 kilometres 11 mi from tagbilaran, it has a total area of 3,822 hectares 9,440 acres, making it the smallest municipality in bohol. Cheap flights to bohol book promo fares on traveloka. In the pageant of philippine history, zaide 1979, 22735 gave a. Baclayon then encompasses its present territory as well as those belonging now to the towns corella, sikatuna, alburquerque, balilihan and the city of tagbilaran. Katuna ang tunay na pangalan niya ngunit natala bilang sikatuna. The brp datu sikatuna pf 5 was one of the three exusn cannonclass destroyer escort that served with the philippine navy, the others being brp datu kalantiaw ps76 and brp rajah humabon pf11. Datu sikatuna or catunao as the datu in the island of bohol in the philippines. Sikatuna was once part of the town of baclayon and also became a part of albur before it was made into a new town. The peace treaty is commemorated with a monthlong festival that formerly takes place in march and now in july. Bohols sandugo festival things to do, guides, lists, news, events. Datu sikatuna academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. A collection of genealogical profiles related to loboc, bohol, philippines.
Bayan ng sikatuna, is a 5th class municipality in the province of bohol, philippines. Datu sikatuna was the datu lord in the island of bohol in the philippines. The sculpture is an image of the blessed virgin mary holding a fetus, while faces of unborn. The monthlong festivities happening every month of july started in 1989.
Legaspi was able to obtain spices and gold in bohol due to his friendship with sikatuna. While part of baclayon, sikatuna was known as barrio cambojod. Instead of reading a spanish childrens book diligently given to him by his mother teodora, he was instead doodling caricatures on its pages. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Some 302 years of spanish rule followed after the treaty. Datu sikatuna or catunao as the datu chief of the indianized philippine polity in the island of bohol in the philippines. Monteclaro himself noted that his book was based on two documents, one of which was a wornout manuscript from an old man.
Western discovery and conquest free download as powerpoint presentation. To read about the background to these events, see history of the philippines. Orden ni sikatuna is the national order of diplomatic merit of the republic of the philippines. At that time, datu sikatuna, a prominent philippine native leader swore commitment to the spanish crown. Brp datu kalantiaw ps76 was the first of three exusn cannonclass destroyer escorts that served with the philippine navy, the others being brp datu sikatuna ps77pf5 and brp rajah humabon ps78pf11. The book s publisher, on the other hand, noted in 1907 that maragtas should never be considered as facts. List of recorded datu in the philippines wikipedia. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. At bohol, he made a blood compact with two filipino kings of the island sikatuna and sigala. The sandugo festival is a historical event that takes place yearly in the island of bohol.
Learn philippine history with free interactive flashcards. In this philippine name for indigenous people, this person is addressed by the sole name, katuna. More than forty years after magellans demise, in 1564, spain sent out four expeditions to establish colonies in the far east, and to pick up a share of the lucrative spice trade under control of the portuguese. Featured texts all books all texts latest this just in smithsonian libraries fedlink us genealogy lincoln collection. With a land area of 4,821 km 2 1,861 sq mi and a coastline 261 km 162 mi long, bohol is the tenth largest island of the philippines. The kudarang street dancing festival is tomorrow, so book soon. The ritual was done by drawing blood from their arms, mixing it with wine, and drinking the said. Do you know that the history of the philippines had two powerful chiefs drinking blood from their cup long before the twilight saga was released in 2008. Bohol b h l is a 1st provincial income class island province of the philippines located in the central visayas region, consisting of the island itself and 75 minor surrounding islands. The town is named after datu sikatuna, the ancient chieftain of bohol. She was also the flagship of the philippine navy from 1967 to 1981. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
Naturally, being a lover of things historical, i had to investigate and seek understanding. Datu is the title for tribal chiefs, sovereign princes, and monarchs 1 in the visayas 2 and mindanao 3 regions of the philippines. Datu sikatuna wikipedia, ang malayang ensiklopedya. Local revival luspo, part of the organizing committee, told the inquirer that local crafts were utilized in the 2016 sandugo, such as the footwear called. The datu have ruled over portions of the islands that are now the philippines before spanish colonization in the 16th century. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 6,335 people.
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