Cry of Balintawak or Pugad Lawin - Group 4 Presentation

CRY of BALINTAWAK/
PUGAD LAWIN
GROUP 4 PRESENTATION
Discussants
Buhia, Daniel
Gabad, Shane
Members
Butawan, Carlos - Powerpoint, Researcher
Gustilo, Mark – Researcher
Franes, Jhersey – Researcher
Campos, John Laurence – Researcher
Omabao, Ian - Researcher
Cry of Balintawak/ Pugad Lawin
• The beginning of the Philippine Revolution
against the Spanish rule.
• 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.
• 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.
• defined as that turning point when the Filipinos finally refused Spanish colonial
dominion over the Philippine Islands
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Pío Valenzuela, Andrés Bonifacio’s close associate, declared in 1948 that the event
took place on August 23, 1896, in 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.
• "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 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• The El comercio (evening newspaper on business matters) is the source of the Spanish
side of the event.
• Another source is the telegram of Col. Pintos de Ledesma on August 27, 1896. Pintos
reported to Governor Blanco.
• The narrative of Sastron provides the detailed description of the first encounter in
Balintawak or the “disturbance” as the referred to it.
• 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.
• “Pugad Lawin” was never officially recognized as a place name on any
Philippine map before Second World War.
• “Pugad Lawin” appeared in historiography only from 1928, or some 32
years after the events took place.
• The revolution was always traditionally held to have occurred in the area
of Balintawak, which was distinct from kalookan and Diliman.
• Bonifacio’s declaration of independence inside Pamitinan Cave in
Montalban, Morong province (now Rodriguez, Rizal) could be described
as more solemn, simple, and restrained.
Conclusions/Insights of the group
• Butawan, Carlos Rommel
“The Cry of Balintawak is significant in history,
particularly for Filipinos, because it embodies the fortitude
and tenacity of every Filipino.”
• Campos, John Laurence
“Balintawak was mostly mentioned where the Cry of Pugad Lawin
happened. The official stand of NHI is that the Cry took place on 23
August 1896. Historians and their living participants, not politicians and
their sycophants, should settle this controversy.
• Omabao, Ian
“Balintawak was known as the location of the Cry of Pugad Lawin. The "Cry
of Pugad Lawin" was a cry for independence. The knowledge that the Filipino
people had finally recognized the lasting importance of freedom and
independence, as well as the need to struggle in order to prove themselves
worthy of the title of really free people, is of historic significance to us.”

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