Blood compact
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Blood compact was an ancient ritual in the Philippines intended to seal a friendship or treaty, or to validate an agreement. The contracting parties would cut their hands and pour their blood into a c
The Blood Compact (1886), a painting of the Pacto de Sangre or Sandugo by Juan Luna
Sandugo
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The Legazpi-Sikatuna Blood Compact, or Sandugo, was a blood compact, performed on the island of Bohol in the Philippines, between the Spanish explorer Miguel López de Legazpi and Datu Sikatuna, chieft
Blood compact
…their blood into a cup filled with liquid, such as wine, and drink the mixture. A famous example of the blood compact was the 1565 El Pacto de Sangre or Sandugo between Spanish explorer Miguel López de Legazpi and Datu Sikatuna, the chieftain of Bohol. An earlier blood compact, the first between natives and…
Blood Compact shrine in Bohol, where the blood compact was conducted.
Inscription on a plaque on the Blood Compact marker at the Blood Compact shrine, Bool District, Tagbilaran City
Sandugo reenactment