sentences:  The reason for this is because a female expression is the embodiment of natural spiritual balance, and is pleasing to the Tagalog deities.In times when certain barangays choose to establish a unification pact with other barangays, the datus of each barangay will vote among themselves who will be considered as the "lakan" (also known as punong datu), which is regarded as the head of all the datus within the pact.To establish the pact, a sandugo or blood compact is made.