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10 BALINTAWAK or PUGADLAWIN
10 BALINTAWAK or PUGADLAWIN
They may remember vividly what transpired or happened but not the
particular day it happened. As I recall my parents when I was young, they
always ask each other what day is that particular day. They sometimes look at
their shadows under the sun and estimates what time it is. (Prof.Zaide)
An analysis of eyewitness and contemporary sources on the
“Cry of Balintawak” yields the following conclusions:
a. The tale of Pugad Lawin appeared some thirty years after the “Cry”
when the shredding of cedulas became an issue and its based upon the
statement of men who left Balintawak before the first encounter.
b. Masangkay publicly repudiated the signed statements of Valenzuela,
Pantas and Pacheco about the so-called “Cry of Pugad Lawin.”
Source:
The Cry of Balintawak: A contrived controversy, a textual analysis with appended documents by Soledad
Borromeo-Buhler, Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1998.
Prepared by:
5:00 afternoon
gathering at
Balintawak
Katipunan leaders-
start the uprising
Guards- were up in
trees to watch for any
possible intruders or
the approach of the
enemy-gave warning
that the Spaniards
were coming.