Tungod kay Sandugo month man karon, atong hisgotan ang mga different topics nga related sa Sandugo ug Rajah Sikatuna.
What is the Order of Sikatuna
Source: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Order of Sikatuna is the national order of diplomatic merit of the Republic of the Philippines. It is conferred upon individuals who have rendered exceptional and meritorious services to the Republic of the Philippines, upon diplomats, officials and nationals of foreign states who have rendered conspicuous services in fostering, developing and strengthening relations between their country and the Philippines, or upon personnel of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), both in the Home Office and in the Foreign Service.
The Order of Sikatuna may be awarded by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the name and by authority of the President.
HistoryIn the Quirino order, the Order of Sikatuna commemorates the pacto de sangre or blood compact, more popularly known as sandugo. This was, according to the Executive Order, the first international treaty of friendship between Bohol native chieftain, Datu Sikatuna and Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi, between a Filipino and Spaniard. [1] Lately, however, the Executive Order's premise has been put to question. The event was not the first blood compact since this happened 44 years before between Ferdinand Magellan, representing the Spanish crown, and raia Siaiu, king of the island-port of Mazaua. Magellan called the ceremony "casi casi", a Malayan term meaning "to be one and the same thing" or to be blood brothers. See
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=philamer;cc=philamer;q1=casi%20casi;rgn=full%20text;idno=ATD7328.0033.001;didno=ATD7328.0033.001;view=image;seq=00000119. Eyewitness Ginés de Mafra described the exact way the blood compact between Magellan and Raia Siaiu was conducted, "On another day, which was the Friday of the cross [Good Friday], the chief of that island came to the ship and convinced Magellan and everybody else and made peace with them according to the custom of the land which is to draw blood from the chests of both men, to toss it into a glass so that the blood unites, to mix it with wine, then for both to drink a half." See
http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Talk:Gines_de_Mafra. At the same time the first recorded Treaty of Peace was entered into on Tuesday, April 9, 1521 by datu Humabon of Cebu and Magellan. See Antonio Pigafetta's account in the English translation by James Alexander Robertson,
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=philamer&cc=philamer&idno=afk2830.0001.033&q1=Laghan&frm=frameset&view=image&seq=153.
The Order of Sikatuna was established by President Elpidio Quirino as the "Order of Sikatuna" through Executive Order No. 571 dated February 27, 1953.[2] Its original four-class composition was expanded by Presidents Diosdado Macapagal and Ferdinand E. Marcos. In 2003, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo reformed the Philippine system of orders, medals, and decorations, through Executive Order No. 236, known as the Honors Code of the Philippines which codified the civilian orders, decorations and medals of the Republic of the Philippines. [3] Among its provisions was one renaming the order as simply, "The Order of Sikatuna," and clarifying its protocular standing.
Ranks * Grand Collar (Raja) – Conferred upon a former or incumbent head of State and/or of government
* Grand Cross (Datu) – The Grand Cross shall have two (2) distinctions: (i) Gold (Katangiang Ginto) and (ii) Silver (Katangiang Pilak). The Grand Cross may be conferred upon a Crown Prince, Vice President, Senate President, Speaker of the House, Chief Justice or the equivalent, foreign minister or other official of cabinet rank, Ambassador, Undersecretary, Assistant Secretary, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing
* Grand Officer (Maringal na Lakan) – Conferred upon a Chargé d'affaires, e.p., Minister, Minister Counselor, Consul General heading a consular post, Executive Director, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing
* Commander (Lakan) – Conferred upon a Chargé d'affaires a.i., Counselor, First Secretary, Consul General in the consular section of an Embassy, Consular officer with a personal rank higher than Second Secretary, Director, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing
* Officer (Maginoo) – Conferred upon a Second Secretary, Consul, Assistant Director, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing
* Member (Maharlika) – Conferred upon a Third Secretary, Vice Consul, Attaché, Principal Assistant, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing
Awardees * Jaime Cardinal Sin - Archbishop of Manila [4]
* Manny Pacquiao -Filipino boxer[5]
* Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr. - former United States Ambassador to the Philippines [6][7]
* Mohammad Mohsin - former Bangladesh Foreign Secretary, Rank of Datu [8]
* Stanislav Slavicky - former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic [9]
* Joao Jose Gomes Caetano da Silva - former Portuguese Ambassador to the Philippines, Rank of Datu [10]
* Iskandar Bin Sarudin - former Malaysian Ambassador to the Philippines, Rank of Datu [11]
* U San Thein - former Myanmar Ambassador to the Philippines, Rank of Datu
* Wu Hongbo - former Chinese ambassador, Rank of Datu (Grand Cross) [12]
* Johannes de Kok - European Commission head of delegation, Rank of Grand Cross Datu (Gold Distinction) [13]
* Rafael E. Seguis - Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Special Concerns, Rank of Datu [14]
* Tadao Chino - President, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Grand Cross [15]
* Syed Putra - Yang Di-Pertuan Agong III (Malaysia) [16]
* Ban Ki Moon - U.N. Secretary General (Korea)
As per my archives, I found another awardee. His name is
Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia who ruled Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 and believe to be God incarnate by the famous Rastafari Movement of Jamaica the same group where Reggae Reggae & Bob Marley originated. His name Haile Selassie literally means "Power of the Trinity" & his lineage is believed to be that of King Solomon & Queen Sheba.
He was honored the highest rank as
Raja of the Order of Sikatuna.Linkback:
https://tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com/index.php?topic=21117.0