There legaspi made a blood compact with the chieftain, datu sikatuna as a sign of friendship. Historically this blood compact is one of the most noteworthy events of bohol. Datu is the title for tribal chiefs, sovereign princes, and monarchs 1 in the visayas 2 and mindanao 3 regions of the philippines. The datu have ruled over portions of the islands that are now the philippines before spanish colonization in the 16th century.
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. At that time, datu sikatuna, a prominent philippine native leader swore commitment to the spanish crown. The sandugo festival is a historical event that takes place yearly in the island of bohol. Legaspi was able to obtain spices and gold in bohol due to his friendship with sikatuna. 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. 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. The town is named after datu sikatuna, the ancient chieftain of bohol. Orden ni sikatuna is the national order of diplomatic merit of the republic of the philippines. Together with lakan, apo in central and northern luzon, 4 sultan and rajah, they are titles used for native royalty, and are still currently used in the philippines. Instead, it is just a book written by a historian in panay named pedro monteclaro.
Philippine history spanish colonization flashcards quizlet. Datu sikatuna or catunao as the datu chief of the indianized philippine polity in the island of bohol in the philippines. Choose from 500 different sets of philippine history flashcards on quizlet. 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. 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. Some 302 years of spanish rule followed after the treaty. A monument of the blood compact in tagbilaran city.
This is the first contact on record between a spaniard and a boholano. Western discovery and conquest free download as powerpoint presentation. In this philippine name for indigenous people, this person is addressed by the sole name, katuna. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Sikatuna was formerly a part of the towns of baclayon and alburquerque. Monteclaro himself noted that his book was based on two documents, one of which was a wornout manuscript from an old man. The town is named after datu sikatuna, the ancient chieftain of bohol barangays. Sikatuna, officially the municipality of sikatuna, cebuano. Cheap flights to bohol book promo fares on traveloka. A collection of genealogical profiles related to loboc, bohol, philippines. A short history of bohol part i bohol, philippines. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
In 1974, a monument to datu sikatuna was put up at the entrance of the park. Sikatuna is a 4th class municipality in the province of bohol, philippines. To read about the background to these events, see history of the philippines. The monthlong festivities happening every month of july started in 1989. The sculpture is an image of the blessed virgin mary holding a fetus, while faces of unborn. Katuna ang tunay na pangalan niya ngunit natala bilang sikatuna.
The order of sikatuna was established by president elpidio quirino as the order of sikatuna through executive order no. This article lists the precolonial leaders of individual kingdoms and polities in philippine history. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 6,335 people. Bayan ng sikatuna, is a 5th class municipality in the province of bohol, philippines. Datu sikatuna or catunao as the datu in the island of bohol in the philippines. 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. Once alburquerque became a town, sikatuna was made a part of its new territory and given the name cornago. This is a timeline of philippine history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the philippines and their predecessor states. Naturally, being a lover of things historical, i had to investigate and seek understanding. This page was last edited on 7 january 2020, at 03. 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.
Bohols historical celebration of a bloody good friendship. Featured texts all books all texts latest this just in smithsonian libraries fedlink us genealogy lincoln collection. She was also the flagship of the philippine navy from 1967 to 1981. 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. In the pageant of philippine history, zaide 1979, 22735 gave a. Sikatuna is politically subdivided into 10 barangay s. Sikatuna was once part of the town of baclayon and also became a part of albur before it was made into a new town. And to symbolize the act, a blood compact between the two leaders was. Datu sikatuna was the datu lord in the island of bohol in the philippines.
About bohol alona panglao bohol beach resort, panglao. The book s publisher, on the other hand, noted in 1907 that maragtas should never be considered as facts. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 6,726 people. Start studying philippine history spanish colonization. Bohol sandugo festival join the philippines celebration. The peace treaty is commemorated with a monthlong festival that formerly takes place in march and now in july. The history of the town of sikatuna bohol philippines travel guide. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet.
Baclayon then encompasses its present territory as well as those belonging now to the towns corella, sikatuna, alburquerque, balilihan and the city of tagbilaran. Sikatuna, bohol news newspapers books scholar jstor. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. 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 blood compact was made by sikatuna and legazpi march. Analysis of juan lunas paintings the blood compact o. 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. Philippine history, not only of tagbilaran city and the whole bohol province. While part of baclayon, sikatuna was known as barrio cambojod. Bohol fest seeks to be more historically faithful, less. 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. It was a rule bathed with sweat and tears, as native sons plodded in hard labor building massive fortresses and grand colonial churches.
The ritual was done by drawing blood from their arms, mixing it with wine, and drinking the said. Learn philippine history with free interactive flashcards. 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. At bohol, he made a blood compact with two filipino kings of the island sikatuna and sigala. List of recorded datu in the philippines wikipedia. Instead of reading a spanish childrens book diligently given to him by his mother teodora, he was instead doodling caricatures on its pages. Bohols sandugo festival things to do, guides, lists, news, events. Datu sikatuna wikipedia, ang malayang ensiklopedya. The kudarang street dancing festival is tomorrow, so book soon. Datu sikatuna academic dictionaries and encyclopedias.