Getting to Know the History of Tagbilaran City in the Magnificent Province of Bohol

February 22-26, 2019

Mabuhay!

This is a photo and video journal of our travel to the magnificent province of Bohol featuring day 2 of our travel itinerary - visit Tagbilaran City, the city of peace and friendship.

Breakfast in Cogon Public Market

A closer look at these cute little baskets use for gifts at weddings.

Our simple rice breakfast

A nice way to start your day is taking breakfast rich in carbohydrates. This meal will fuel our travel itinerary for today.

Chicken

Squid

Pork

black coffee

red vinegar

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Roaming around Tagbilaran City

QM Pension House

This is our simple but cozy accommodation in Tagbilaran City.

Checking in

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Blood Compact Shrine

This historical event, when the native Filipinos welcomed the Spanish conquistadores, is the commencement of the spread of Roman Catholicism in the Philippines which is the dominating religion at 80%. The event was so significant in the history of Tagbilaran City, the capital of Bohol province, that it is highlighted in its official city seal.

Blood Compact Shrine

This iconic bronze sculpture done in 1999 by world-renowned Boholano National Artist, the late Napoleon V. Abueva, commemorates a very significant event in Philippine History - the friendship sealed in blood by local chieftain Rajah Sikatuna and Spanish conquistador Miguel Lopez de Legazpi. Considered the first treaty of international friendship in the country between two different races, religions, cultures, and civilizations. It was a pact based on respect and equality. This event is commonly called "Sandugo".

History

Miguel Lopez de Legazpi landed on the shores of Bohol on March 1565. It was the fifth expedition that the King of Spain had sent to the Philippine Archipelago after Magellan. sailing from Natividad, Mexico ( the surrogate of the crown of Spain) on November 21, 1564, with Father Andres Urdaneta, he reached Cebu on February 13, 1565, but was not able to land as they were met with resistance. So he sailed to the nearby islands of Samar, Leyte, Limasawa, and Camiguin in search of provisions.

Eventually, on their way to Mindanao, the fleet met with bad weather and was forced to seek refuge and dropped anchor at a village southeastern part of Bohol, which is now called Jagna. As the natives there were unfriendly, they set sail again and seek other villages where the people are more hospitable. In a village, a few kilometers from the old Tagbilaran, Legazpi dropped anchor. He went ashore together with the Muslim interpreter and some of his men and approached Sikatuna in a pleasing manner that impressed the local chieftain. With Legazpi's overtures, tact, and diplomacy, Sikatuna was sold to his visitor's ideas and eventually became friends.

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As was the native custom at that time, the two sealed their friendship through a blood compact wherein both draw two or three of blood in their arms into a cup of wine, then the blood wine mixture was divided equally between the two which both drank up to the last drop. Thus the blood compact was sealed on March 16, 1565

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Chicken Ati-Atihan

A local diner in Tagbilaran City that is famous for grilled chicken and other delightful stuff is the Chicken Ati-atihan. Ati-atihan is a Philippine festival held annually in January in honor of the Sto Nino - the image of baby Jesus. It features the native tribes in their colorful native costumes, dancing in revelry celebrating the arrival of the divine image on their island. It is celebrated in Kalibo, Aklan and Panay Island.

grilled chicken

vegetable soup

Fresh coconut juice drink.

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