Cry of Pugad Lawin

Cry of Pugad
Lawin
Presenter: Group 5
Table of contents
01 02 03
Introduction Accounts of Tearing of
the Cry Cedulas
04 05 06
Formation of Why Why it is
Insurgent Balintawak? now referred
Government Pugad Lawin?
Introduction
THE CRY OF PUGAD LAWIN
● Beginning of the Philippine Revolution against the spanish
empire.
● led by Andres Bonifacio ( The Father of Philippine Revolution)
● It is situated in Brgy. Bahay Toro, Quezon City
PUGAD LAWIN- MARKER
KATIPUNAN
● The Kataastaasan, Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng
Bayan, also known as Katipunan or KKK.
● Philippine revolutionary society founded by Anti- Spanish colonialism.
● Goal: To gain independence from spain by a revolution.
● Founded by:
- Andres Bonifacio
- Teodoro Plata
- Ladislao Diwa and others
● “Kalayaan” (Freedom) is the Katipunan’s own publication
KATIPUNAN
● It was a secret organization until it was discovered in 1896
● It was August 1986 that Philippine Revolution started
Accounts
of the Cry
Asserted Dates and Locations
PERSON PLACE DATE
L.T. Olegario Diaz Balintawak August 25, 1896
Teodoro Kalaw Kangkong, Balintawak Last week of August
Santiago Alvarez Bahay Toro, Quezon City August 24, 1896
Pio Valenzuela Pugad Lawin August 23, 1896
Gregorio Zaide Balintawak August 26, 1896
Teodoro Agoncillo (according to
Pugad Lawin August 23, 1896
statements of Pio Valenzuela)
Research (Milagros Guerrero, Tandang Sora’s barn in
Emmanuel Encarnacion,Ramon Gulod, Barangay August 24, 1896
Villegas) Banlat,Quezon City
Guillermo Masangkay
(June 25, 1867 - May 30, 1963)
He was one of the original members of the Katipunan

that was designated to build the KKK in Cavite.
● On August 26, a big meeting was held in

Balintawak, at the house of Apolonio Samson.
Pio Valenzuela
(July 11, 1869 - April 6, 1956)
He was a Filipino physician and revolutionary leader

who joined Katipunan at 23.
Participated in the formation of the secret chamber

of the society called Camara Reina.
He took charge of the publication of Ang Kalayaan.

Pio Valenzuela
(July 11, 1869 - April 6, 1956)
● The first place of refuge of Andres Bonifacio,

Emilio Jacinto, Procopio Bonifacio, Teodoro Plata,
Aguedo del Rosario, and myself was Balintawak...
The first place where some 500 members of the
Katipunan met on August 22, 1896, was the house
and yard of Apolonio Samson at Kangkong.
● It was at Pugad Lawin, the house, store-house, and

yard of Juan Ramos, son of Melchora Aquino,
where over 1,000 members of the Katipunan met
and carried out considerable debate and
discussion on August 23, 1896.
Santiago Alvarez
(July 25, 1872 - October 30, 1930)
He was a revolutionary general and a founder and

honorary president of the first directorate of the
Nacionalista Party.
Also known as Kidlat ng Apoy and is celebrated as

the Hero of the Battle of Dalahican.
Santiago Alvarez
(July 25, 1872 - October 30, 1930)
● We started our trek to Kangkong at about eleven
that night. It was nearly two in the morning when we
reached the house of Brother Apolonio Samson in
Kangkong.
● At ten o’clock that Sunday morning, 23 August 1896

we arrived at Bahay Toro.
● The following day, Monday, 24 August, more

Katipuneros came and increased our number to
more than a thousand. The Supremo called a
meeting at ten o’clock that morning inside Cabesang
Melchora’s barn.
The “unang labanan”
● An encounter with a detachment of the

Guardia Civil. Once defined as the “Cry”
● September 1911 - the statue was erected in

Balintawak, where the Katipuneros had
congregated in August 1896.
● The inscription in the plinth read “Ala-ala ng

Bayang Pilipino sa mga Bayani ng ‘96” and a
smaller plaque bore the date “26 Agosto
1896”.
The “unang labanan”
● In the 1960s, the definition of the “Cry” was

changed into “the part of the Revolution when
the Katipunan decided to launch a revolution
against the Spain”.
Was there really a “Sigaw ng Pugad
Lawin” on August 1896 or not?
● The Biak na Bato Constitution (1897) - “the current war, initiated on

August 24, 1896”
● Carlos Ronquillo (in the first chronicle of the revolt against Spain by a
Filipino, 1898) - “Sa isang araw ng pagpupulong sa Balintawak (24 Agosto
1896) kaarawan nang pasimulan ang Revolucion…”
Was there really a “Sigaw ng Pugad
Lawin” on August 23, 1896 or not?
● La Liga Filipina memorial (Tondo, 1903) - alongside Bonifacio’s name it

records that he was “Supremo del Katipunan que dio el 1er grito de guerra
contra la tirania el 24 de agosto de 1896”
● Ang Katipunan at Paghihimagsik (Santiago Alvarez, 1927) - accounts

based on information he obtained from Ramon Bernardo, a Katipunan
leader from Pandacan who was a participant in the “Cry”.
Tearing of
Cedulas
Tearing of Cedulas
● It occurred in Kangkong in Balintawak or Kalookan.
● Guillermo Masangkay claimed cedulas were torn more than once.
● The “the cry” is defined by Agoncillo as the tearing of cedulas.
● His version was based on the testimonies of Pio Valenzuela and
others who claimed the cry took place in Pugad Lawin instead of
Balintawak.
● Valenzuela’s version became the basis of the current stance of the
Philippine government.
Tearing of Cedulas
● The tearing of cedulas is the sign of revolt against the Spanish

government. It started the Philippine revolution against the Spain
that was followed by series of fierce fighting.
● “Mabuhay ang Pilipinas” was heard when they tore their cedulas,
as a sign of their defiance and determination to rise against the
Spaniards.
Formation of an
Insurgent Government
Insurgent Government
● The Cry is also defined as the “birth of the Filipino nation state”.
● It involves the setting up of a national insurgent government.
● This was called as the Haring Bayang Katagalugan.
Why Balintawak?
Reasons on why Balintawak
is more accurate than Pugad
Lawin.
● Lt. Olegario Diaz
- a Spanish Civil Guard wrote in 1896 that the
‘cry’ happened in Balintawak
- This is in line with the accounts of historian
Gregorio Zaide and Teodoro Kalaw.
● Pio Valenzuela
- His accounts points that the cry happened
in “Pugad Lawin”
- Teodoro Agoncillo used this reference in his
account.
Reasons on why Balintawak is more
accurate than Pugad Lawin
The existence of the
The initiation term Pugad Lawin
It is the people of The term Pugad Lawin only
Balintawak that initiated existed in the year 1935,
the revolt against the years after the rebellion
Spaniards. which occurred in 1896.
The origin of the word

“Pugad Lawin”
Pugad Lawin was only made up because
of the hawk’s nest at the top of a tall
tree at the backyard of Tandang Sora in
Banlat, Gulod, Kaloocan where it is said
to be one of the hiding places of the
revolutionary group led by Andres
Bonifacio
Why it is now referred to
as ‘Cry of Pugad Lawin’
Reasons on why it is now
referred to as ‘Cry of Pugad
Lawin’
● The claim of the Katipunan veterans in
1920.
● Pio Valenzuela and his fellow Katipunan
veterans refer the ‘cry’ as the unang
labanan.
● The joint statement given by Pio Valenzuela,
Briccio Pantas and Cipriano Pacheco
published on the National Free Press in
November 1930.
Reasons on why it is now referred to as ‘Cry of
Pugad Lawin’
● Valenzuela is referred to as the star witness because of his seniority in

the Katipunan, his status as a physician, his political career, his
prominence at commemorations of the revolution, his contacts with
historians, etc.
● Agoncillo was the pre-eminent historian of the day, and the 1896
revolution was among his special fields.
References
● https://www.slideshare.net/crazywithsweets/balintawa
kjarrevmar2019
● https://www.academia.edu/48962633/Module_9_Cry_o
f_Pugad_lawin_or_Cry_of_Balintawak
● https://prezi.com/p/r9v71jn3dekg/cry-of-pugadlawin-o
r-balintawak/
Thank You!
Group 5:
Tonatos, Denise Gail (Leader)

Pineda, Cassey Stephane
Piosca, Micah Euranne
Priego, Kathleen Caryl
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Cry of Pugad

He was one of the original members of the Katipunan

● On August 26, a big meeting was held in

He was a Filipino physician and revolutionary leader

Participated in the formation of the secret chamber

He took charge of the publication of Ang Kalayaan.

● The ﬁrst place of refuge of Andres Bonifacio,

● It was at Pugad Lawin, the house, store-house, and

He was a revolutionary general and a founder and

Also known as Kidlat ng Apoy and is celebrated as

● At ten o’clock that Sunday morning, 23 August 1896

● The following day, Monday, 24 August, more

● An encounter with a detachment of the

● September 1911 - the statue was erected in

● The inscription in the plinth read “Ala-ala ng

● In the 1960s, the deﬁnition of the “Cry” was

● The Biak na Bato Constitution (1897) - “the current war, initiated on

● La Liga Filipina memorial (Tondo, 1903) - alongside Bonifacio’s name it

● Ang Katipunan at Paghihimagsik (Santiago Alvarez, 1927) - accounts

● The tearing of cedulas is the sign of revolt against the Spanish

The origin of the word

● Valenzuela is referred to as the star witness because of his seniority in

Tonatos, Denise Gail (Leader)

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