Cry of Balintawak - PPT
Cry of Balintawak - PPT
BALINTAWAK
• Momentous events swept the Spanish colonies in the late
nineteenth century, including the Philippines.
• Journalists of the time referred to the phrase “El Grito de
Rebelion” or “Cry of Rebellion” mark the start of these
revolutionary events, identifying the places where it happened.
• In the Philippines, this happened in August 1896, northeast of
Manila, where they declared rebellion against the Spanish colonial
government.
• These events are important markers in the history of colonies that
struggled for their independence against their colonizers.
• Prominent Filipino historian Teodoro Agoncillo emphasizes the
event when Bonifacio tore the cedula or tax receipt before the
Katipuneros who also did the same.
• Some writers identified the first military event with the
Spaniards as the moment of the Cry.
• Emilio Aguinaldo commissioned an “Himno de Balintawak” to
inspire the renewed struggle after the Pact of the Biak-na-
Bato failed.
• A monument to the Heroes of 1896 was erected in what is
now the intersection of Epifanio de los Santos (EDSA)
Avenue and Andres Bonifacio Drive-North Diversion road,
and from then on until 1962, the Cry of Balintawak was
celebrated every 26th of August.
Different Dates and Places of the Cry
• A guardia civil, Lt. Olegario. Diaz, identified the Cry to have
happened in Balintawak on 25 August 1896. Teodoro Kalaw.
• Filipino historian, marks the place to be in Kangkong, Balintawak,
on the last week of August 1896.
• Santiago Alvarez, a Katipunero and son of Mariano Alvarez, leader
of the Magdiwang faction in Cavite, put the Cry in Bahay Toro in
Quezon City on 24 August 1896.
• Pio Valenzuela, known Katipunero and privy to many events
concerning the Katipunan stated that the Cry happened in Pugad
Lawin on 23 August 1896.
• Historian Gregorio Zaide identified the Cry to have
happened in Balintawak on 26 August 1896, while
Teodoro Agoncillo put it at Pugad Lawin on 23 August
1896, according to statements by Pio Valenzuela.
• Research by historians Milagros Guerrero,
Emmanuel Encarnacion, and Ramon Villegas
claimed that the event took place in Tandang Sora’s
barn in Gulod, Barangay Banlat, Quezon City, on 24
August 1896.
Primary Source: Accounts of the Cry
Guillermo Makasangay
Source: Guillermo Masangkay, Gregorio Zaide and Sonia Zaide