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Bohol Island Blood Compact

Around the middle of March 1565, Captain General Miguel Lopez de Legazpi entered into a blood compact with Datu Sikatuna for the purpose of insuring friendly relations between the Spaniards and Filipinos. Each of the two leaders made a small cut in his arm, drew a few drops of blood from the incision, mixed it with wine, and drank the goblet containing the blood of the other, thereby sealing the friendship between the two races. Bohol Island, Philippines

The Sandugo was a blood compact, performed in the island of Bohol in the Philippines, between the Spanish explorer Miguel Lopez de Legazpi and Datu Sikatuna the chieftain of Bohol on March 16 1565, it was done to seal their friendship as part of the tribal tradition. This is considered to be the first treaty of friendship between the Spaniards and Filipinos. Sandugo is a Visayan word which means “one blood”. Bohol Island, Philippines

A girl leans on one of the Spanish soldier statues to have her photo taken. Bohol Island, Philippines

This Blood Compact Site at Barangay Bool, Tagbilaran City is in memory of this historic agreement between native Filipinos and the Spaniards. Bohol Island, Philippines

Blood compact was a ritual in the Philippines where tribes would cut their wrist and pour their blood into a cup and drink each other’s blood as part of the tribal tradition to seal a friendship, treaty or agreement. The cup was usually filled with a wine and is mixed with blood and drank by both parties signifying their mutual consent. Bohol Island, Philippines

Statues of a Spanish monk and soldier with his shield. Bohol Island, Philippines

The raising of cups between the Spanish Miguel Lopez de Legazpi and Philippines chieftain Datu Sikatuna to seal the friendship between the two races. Bohol Island, Philippines

One statue of a Spanish soldier carrys a sword. Bohol Island, Philippines

A spanish soldier’s leg gaiter. Bohol Island, Philippines

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