'Blood Compact (Sandugo)' in Bohol

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Date: 6 May 2009

Venue: Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines

Activity: Post-Workshop Tour, MODEL 2009 (Europe-Philippines International Workshop on Modeling, Simulation and Grid Computing), May 4 -6, 2009, Bohol, Philippines

From the photo collection of Raffy Saldana (http://raffysaldana.blogspot.com)

Notes:

"The Sandugo is a blood compact, performed in native-Bohol style between the traveling Spanish explorer Miguel López de Legazpi and Datu Sikatuna of Bohol on March 16, 1565 in the Philippines to seal their friendship as part of the native customs. The pact was entered into by López de Legazpi for the purpose of insuring friendly relations between the Spaniards and the Filipinos. This is considered as the first international treaty of friendship between two people of different races, a Filipino and a Spaniard. "Sandugo" is a Visayan amalgamation term "isang dugo" which means "one blood"."

(Source: wikipedia.org)

From the photo collection of Raffy Saldana (http://raffysaldana.blogspot.com)

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Photos

At the Blood Compact Monument
Participants in the European-Philippines International Workshop on Modelling, Simulation and Grid Computing (MODEL 2008) pose in front of the Blood Compact Monument in Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines.