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13-660: The Sandugo Festival is held every July. The Tagbilaran City Charter Day on July 1 kicks off the month-long festival with a holy mass, diana, motorcade and program sponsored by the City Government of Tagbilaran. Among the major activities during the month are the Miss Bohol Sandugo Beauty Pageant and the Sandugo Street Dancing Competition, which is usually held on the 3rd or 4th Sunday of July, and organized by

26-642: A magnetic byword in the tourism industry. Every two years, the "Tigum Bol-anon Sa Tibuok Kalibutan" (English: A Gathering of Boholanos Around the World) or TBTK is held in unison with the Sandugo Festival. This gathering is organized by the Confederation of Boholanos in the US and Canada or CONBUSAC, which aims to gather Boholanos from all over for a celebration of unity. Among the activities conducted by

39-492: Is derived from the native word Bo-ol. The island was the seat of the first international treaty of peace and unity between the native king Datu Sikatuna , and Spanish conquistador, Miguel López de Legazpi , on March 16, 1565, through a blood compact alliance known today by many Filipinos as the Sandugo . Most Boholanos are Catholic, with a minority professing Protestant faiths and Islam. The former indigenous Boholano religion

52-642: The Bohol Sandugo Foundation. The competition attracts participants from schools, the city and municipal governments, Boholano organizations abroad, and contingents from other provinces. The competition starts at noon at the City Pier, passes through major streets, and culminates at the Pres. Carlos P. Garcia Sports Complex, where a Sandugo Re-enactment is held. The winners receive thousands of pesos in prizes. As well as activities organized by

65-620: The Eskaya tribe, and from the colonizing Spanish and trade with Mexico. There is also influence in the culture from China and other Asian countries. The people of Bohol are said to be the descendants of the last group of inhabitants who settled in the Philippines called pintados or “tattooed ones.” Boholanos had already a culture of their own as evidenced by the artifacts dug at Mansasa , Tagbilaran City , and in Dauis and Panglao . Bohol

78-561: The TBTK is the Search for Mrs. Bohol International and Miss Bohol International, CONBUSAC Convention, Awarding of Outstanding Boholanos, medical and surgical missions (in cooperation with the BSFI), and others. The 2010 theme is "Sandugo at 22: Onward for Unity and Progress". The schedule of events are as follows: Boholano people The Boholano people , also called Bol-anon , refers to

91-451: The city and provincial governments and by the BSFI, there are nightly shows and a trade/food fair at the City Pier, a product showcase, concerts, medical and surgical missions. There were no competitions from 2005-2007. In 2005 and 2006, Champions from around the country like Masskara, Ati-atihan, etc., performed. In 2007, 30 local contingents participated in an exhibition performance. Due to

104-598: The coastal areas of Bohol though, including Tagbilaran City , are almost indistinguishable from other Cebuano-speaking areas. Since Boholanos are a different ethnolinguistic group from Cebuanos , the Boholano dialect is sometimes considered as a separate language from Cebuano. There were 2,278,495 of them in 2010. They are mainly concentrated in Bohol although some also live in Southern Leyte and Mindanao (mainly in

117-520: The dialects used in Central Bohol, can be distinguished from other Cebuano dialects by a few phonetic changes . The "y" sound in Cebuano becomes "j" ("iya" in Cebuano becomes "ija"), the "k" sound sometimes becomes "h" ("ako" in Cebuano becomes "aho"), the "l" sound sometimes if it is used in the second or following syllable becomes "w" ("kulang" in Cebuano becomes "kuwang"). The dialects used in

130-458: The inadequate support coming from both government and private sectors coupled with the dwindling public interest in the yearly celebration of the Sandugo Festival, the Bohol Sandugo Foundation, Inc. (BSFI) was organized in 1991. Since then, the BSFI has ably spearheaded the celebration of the Sandugo and has made significant efforts in reviving a nationwide interest in the event which has now become

143-466: The northeastern portion). The majority of the population is Roman Catholic adherents or other Christian denominations. Others practices traditional indigenous religions. The Boholano culture is much like the culture of the Philippines (specifically of the Visayas). It is based on the majority population of Austronesian peoples on the island. There are influences from indigenous Melanesian people such as

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156-490: The people who live in the island province of Bohol . They are part of the wider Visayan ethnolinguistic group, who constitute the largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group . Boholano is a dialect of Cebuano that is spoken on the island of Bohol in the Philippines , which is a Visayan speech variety, although it is sometimes described as a separate language by some linguists and native speakers. Boholano, especially

169-536: Was largely eliminated by the Spaniards. Mansasa Tagbilaran City is politically subdivided into 15 barangays . The city is part of the 1st legislative district of the Province of Bohol . As of 2015, 12 barangays are classified as urban barangays where 93,011 (88.54%) of Tagbilaran City's population lives, while the remaining 3 rural barangays are home to 12,040 residents, representing 11.46% of

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