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| Last year's winner of the Sandugo Street Dancing (Photo grabbed from Sandugo FB) |
This week, Bohol is in a celebratory mood.
First, July is the Sandugo month around Bohol. But most of the activities are focused on Tagbilaran, the province’s capital.
Sandugo, literally translated as blood compact, celebrates the treaty of friendship between Datu Si Katuna and Spanish conquistador Miguel Lopez de Legaspi in 1565. Boholanos often brag about this event since Spain was literally welcomed in Bohol while Magellan was killed when he and his men went to the nearby island of Cebu.
Sandugo Festival since then is scheduled every July despite the fact that the blood compact happened in March. Sandugo has become a filler because there are no big events in July and Filipinos all over the world are coming in for their yearly summer vacations.
So came the Tigum Bol-anon sa Tibuok Kalibutan (TBTK).
TBTK is the gathering of Boholanos from around the world. It is a biennial activity. It was first celebrated in Bohol and various places abroad since then. Boholanos are welcomed with cultural activities in the pageantry of Boholano fiesta.
So July is actually a month of merrymaking in Bohol.
How to get to Tagbilaran
There are several flights coming in from Manila to Tagbilaran served by major airlines like Cebu Pacific, Philipine Airlines and Air Asia. The flights usually take an hour.
There are also fastcrafts coming in from Cebu, a major destination in the Philippines. OceanJet, Weesam Express and SuperCat 2Go have more than 2 daily trips from Cebu to Tagbilaran.
There are also boats coming from Mindanao and nearby islands.
When in Tagbilaran, the major transport is the tricycle. A word of caution though, tricycles have their own ghost tariff rates. They can dictate the fare as they please. Don’t mind if there are religious quotes on them. Some are rude. So a note of advice before riding in- HAGGLE.
Important links
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| My friend, Chris Ramasola's winning Sandugo logo |
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