A blood tie/pact is forged between individuals who swore with their bloods by drinking the same that they would perform or not perform an act or activity.

Unlike a blood tie, which would include a dark side of a pact, that is the doing of some evil acts, the original pagta was forged for purposes of maintaning a peaceful environment.

Thus a slight distinction between the two kinds of pacts is drawn. While blood ties on the other hand, may include the doing of an evil act, which to my mind should be avoided at all times, pagtas include only the goal of maintaining a peaceful environment for the youngsters to thrive.

At the advent of modern civil societies, civil contracts took the place of blood ties and even of pagtas (with the exception of the pagtas of the Kalingas, which is already codified). However despite modernization, the same must not bar the forging of pagtas between the different groups of peoples in the Philippines.

In all of these - pacts, agreements, covenants, vows, contracts, name them, the most important, as we have seen, is the entering of two autonomous minds or groups into a pagta with simple goal at hand - that is - for the perfection of the human race by creating an atmosphere where peace is respected. Ideal as it may be, we must all concede that the attainment of peace is in the heart of every living individual on the planet today.