CRY OF
BALINTAWAK IN
PUGAD LAWIN
WHAT IS THE CRY OF PUGAD LAWIN
The cry of pugad lawin ( sigaw ng
Pugad Lawin) is the beginning of the
Philippine revolution against the
Spanish empire.
WHAT CRY MEANS:
CRY is translated from Spanish el gritolion
de rebellion - referred to the first clash
between the katipunero and the civil
guard . Cry could also refer to the tearing
up of community tax certificate (CEDULA)
in defiance of their allegiance to Spain.
WHAT DID CEDULAS SIGNIFY
On august 23, 1896, andres bonifacio
and a number of katipuneros tore
their cedulas, signifying their protest
against Spain colonial rule.
WHERE DID THE CRY REBELLION
HAPPEN
In the phillipine, the cry of balintawak happened
in august 1896, northeast of manila where
declared rebellion against the Spanish colonial
government.
THE AUTHORS OFCRT OF PUGAD
LAWIN
WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF CRY OF
PUGAD LAWIN
GREGORIO ZAIDE stated in his book in 1954
that the cry happened in balintawak on
august 26, 1896
TEODORO AGONCILLIO wrote in1956 that it
took place in pugad lawin on august 23,
1896, based on pio valenzuela statement
THE CRY OF BALINTAWAK/PUGAD
LAWIN CONTROVERSIS
Rigorous analysis of eyewitness and
contemporary sources. Concludes that the cry
of pugad lawin is invented story, then
reconstruct the events in balintawak when
Anders Bonifacio katipuneros assembled in pook
Kangkong from 22 to 26 august 1896, resolves
the question of where and when cedulas were
torn and when and where the initial
engagements between the Katipuneros and the
spanish troops took place.
CRY OF BALINTAWAK OR CRY OF
PUGAD LAWIN
Bonifacio and his men were in Balintawak on
august 19. they left balintawak for kangkong on
august 21, and on the afternoon of august 22
they proceed to Pugad Lawin …. Years later , in
his memoirs published in English after world war
II, Valenzuela stated that the cry was actually
held in Pugad Lawin on Aug. 23, 1896.
WHY IS CALLED CRY OF
BALINTAWAK
Returning to manila, the spanish
soldiers boasted that a great figth has
taken place at pasong tamo, and
that they had driven the rebels to the
interior. This was the origin of the
called cry of balintawak , which
neither happened on august 26 nor in
balintawak.
LEADER IN KATIPUNAN
ANDRES BONIFACIO-The philippines revolution againsts over three
centuries of spanish dominantion began him, leader of katipunan, a
liberist movement that sought indepensdence for the philippines
from spanish colonial rule.
EMILIO JACINTO-
TEODORO PLATA