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Cry of Balintawak

The Cry of Balintawak, occurring in August 1896, marks the beginning of the Philippine Revolution against Spanish rule, led by Andres Bonifacio and the Katipuneros. This event involved the tearing of cedulas as a symbol of defiance against Spanish authority and has been historically debated regarding its exact date and location, with various accounts suggesting different dates and places. The event is recognized as a pivotal moment in Filipino history, symbolizing the collective refusal to accept colonial domination.

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Cry of Balintawak

The Cry of Balintawak, occurring in August 1896, marks the beginning of the Philippine Revolution against Spanish rule, led by Andres Bonifacio and the Katipuneros. This event involved the tearing of cedulas as a symbol of defiance against Spanish authority and has been historically debated regarding its exact date and location, with various accounts suggesting different dates and places. The event is recognized as a pivotal moment in Filipino history, symbolizing the collective refusal to accept colonial domination.

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CRY OF BALINTAWAK/

PUGAD LAWIN
GROUP 2
Cry of Balintawak/Pugad Lawin

The beginning of the Philippine Revolution against the Spanish rule.


Cry of Balintawak/Pugad Lawin

At the close of August 1896, members of the Katipunan and the


Katipuneros led by Andres Bonifacio rose up in revolt somewhere in
an area referred to as Kalookan.
Cry of Balintawak/Pugad Lawin

Originally the term cry referred to the first clash between the Katipuneros and
the Civil Guards (Guardia Civil). The cry could also refer to the tearing up of
community tax certificates (cédulas personales) in defiance of their allegiance
to Spain. The inscriptions of "Viva la Independencia Filipina" can also be
referred as term for the cry. This was literally accompanied by patriotic shouts.
Cry of Balintawak/Pugad Lawin

Defined as that turning point when the Filipinos finally refused


Spanish colonial dominion over the Philippine Islands.
Cry of Balintawak/Pugad Lawin

The Inscription on the marker at site says that “ In the vicinity of this place,
Andres Bonifacio and about one thousand Katipuneros met on the morning of
August 23, 1896 and decided to launch the revolution against the Spanish
government in the Philippines. They affirmed their decision by tearing their
cedulas, symbols of the enslavement of the Filipinos, This was the first cry of
the oppressed people against the Spanish nation, and was given force by means
of arms.” according to t he National Historical Commission (NHCP), the
house and yard of Juan Ramos had stood on this site.
Cry of Balintawak/Pugad Lawin

The statue was erected in Balintawak, the largest and best-known barrio in
the general area where the Katipuneros had congregated in August 1896.
The name Balintawak was often used as shorthand to denote that general
area, and the “Cry” had become popularly known as the “Cry of Balintawak
” even before the monument was erected.
Cry of Balintawak/Pugad Lawin

Nobody professed in 1911,though, that the statue marked the “exact spot” where
the first battle had been fought. It was simply in Balintawak, on a plot donated
by a local landowner, Tomas Arguelles
Several Accounts Provide Differing Dates and Places for the Cry of Pugad Lawin

Olegario Diaz, who was an officer of the Spanish Guardia civil stated
that the Cry happened in Balintawak on August 25, 1896.
Several Accounts Provide Differing Dates and Places for the Cry of Pugad Lawin

Historian Teodoro Kalaw wrote in his 1925 book entitled “The


Filipino Revolution” that the Cry took place during the final week of
August 1896 at Kangkong, Balintawak.
Several Accounts Provide Differing Dates and Places for the Cry of Pugad Lawin

Santiago Alvarez, a Katipunero and son of Mariano Alvarez who was


the leader of the Magdiwang faction in Cavite, stated in 1927 that the
cry happened at Bahay Toro, now in Quezon City on August 24,
1896.
Several Accounts Provide Differing Dates and Places for the Cry of Pugad Lawin

Pío Valenzuela, Andrés Bonifacio’s close associate, declared in 1948


that the event took place on August 23, 1896, in Pugad Lawin.
Several Accounts Provide Differing Dates and Places for the Cry of Pugad Lawin

From 1908 until 1963, this event was officially recognized as having
happened on August 26 in Balintawak. Ultimately, the Philippine
government declared in 1963 a change from August 26 to August 23
in Pugad Lawin, Quezon City.
Evidences

The first battle, an encounter with a detachment of the Guardia Civil, was
fought on the date inscribed in the Balintawak monument on August
26,1896. The Cry, defined as that turning point when the Filipinos finally
refused Spanish colonial dominion over the Philippine Islands. With tears in
their eyes, the people as one man, pulled out their cedulas and tore them into
pieces. It was the beginning of the formal declaration of the separation from
Spanish rule.
Evidences

“Long Live the Philippine Republic!", the cry of the people. An


article from The Sunday Tribune Magazine on August 21, 1932
featured the statements of the eyewitness account by Katipunan
General Guillermo.
Evidences

Masangkay, “A Katipunero Speaks. Masangkay recounts the "Cry of


Balintawak", stating that on August 26, 1896, a big meeting was held
in Balintawak at the house of Apolonio Samson, then the cabeza of
that barrio of Caloocan.
Evidences

The Balintawak monument continued to be the focus of the yearly 60s,


however, the official definition of the “Cry” changed. Officially, the “Cry”
ceased to mean the unang labanan and was defined instead as “that part of the
Revolution when the Katipunan decided to launch a revolution against Spain.
This event culminated with the tearing of the cedula ”. This definition,
which is more or less in line with Agoncillo’s, thus embraces both the pasya
and pagpupunit, but excludes the unang labanan.
Evidences

A number of sources, however, indicate that cedulas were torn on more than
one occasion, in different places, presumably because Katipuneros were
arriving to join their embryonic army over the course of a number of days, and
many wanted to proclaim their rebellion, their commitment to fight Spanish
rule, in the same way. It is even possible (as Medina believes) that the main
pagpupunit preceded the pasya. But then it would have been premature,
because the revolt might have been deferred. It seems more likely, as the
official definition of the “Cry” assumes, that the largest, best remembered act
of defiant cedula-tearing happened soon after the pasya had been taken, and in
the same vicinity.
Supposed Evidence and Documents such as Publications and News About the Event have Disappeared

In order to understand the event of the revolution, the only source of


information from within the rebel camp is mainly the Masangkay
papers, statements of Valenzuela, Vicente Samson, Francisco
Carreon, Isaac Del Carmen, Briccio Pantas, Tomas Remigio,
Cipriano Pacheco and Eusebio Kasapio.
Supposed Evidence and Documents such as Publications and News About the Event have Disappeared

The El comercio (evening newspaper on business matters) is the


source of the Spanish side of the event.
Supposed Evidence and Documents such as Publications and News About the Event have Disappeared

Another source is the telegram of Col. Pintos de Ledesma on August


27, 1896. Pintos reported to Governor Blanco.
Supposed Evidence and Documents such as Publications and News About the Event have Disappeared

The narrative of Sastron provides the detailed description of the first


encounter in Balintawak or the “disturbance” as the referred to it.
Supposed Evidence and Documents such as Publications and News About the Event have Disappeared

The foreman, a British journalist was an indirect eyewitness of the


events.
Trivias

Dr. Pio Valenzuela stated that Andres Bonifacio wanted rizal to join
the “Himagsikan” but he denied and wanted a bloodless war. But few
years later Valenzuela account saying Rizal wanted changes against
Spaniards that he lead the revolution himself.
Trivias

“Pugad Lawin” was never officially recognized as a place name on


any Philippine map before Second World War.
Trivias

“Pugad Lawin” appeared in historiography only from 1928, or some


32 years after the events took place.
Trivias

The revolution was always traditionally held to have occurred in the


area of Balintawak, which was distinct from kalookan and Diliman.
Trivias

Bonifacio’s declaration of independence inside Pamitinan Cave in


Montalban, Morong province (now Rodriguez, Rizal) could be
described as more solemn, simple, and restrained.
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