The Cry of Balintawak

• Also known for “The Cry of Pugad Lawin and the Birth of the Revolution”

• The Philippine Revolution against over three centuries of Spanish domination began with Andres Bonifacio, leader of
Katipunan, a liberalist movement that sought independence for the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule.

• The Katipunan was an offshoot from Jose Rizal’s La Liga Filipina, a movement that sought to bring about political reform
in the colonial government of the Spanish. Rizal had been deported just after his organization was formed with their first
meeting.

• Bonifacio and others lost all hope of any peaceful reform being brought about by La Liga Filipina.

• They concentrated their efforts into the Katipunan to bring about a revolution with the use of violence and arms.

• The organization consisted of both male and female supporters, including Bonifacio’s wife, who led the
female action.

• After some time, a series of arrests of Katipuneros in Manila followed and several Filipinos were jailed
or imprisoned.

• Jose Rizal was executed later at the old Bagumbayan field on December 30.

• With the hunt for Katipunan members still ongoing, Manila had become a dangerous place for them. As many as five
hundred arrests had been made and many fled the city for fear of been captured, tortured or killed.

• Bonifacio was not amongst those captured, however he and many others escaped to Pugadlawin, and in a meeting at
the house of Juan Ramos of August 23, 1896 , Bonifacio urged his followers to tear into pieces their cedulas (residence
certificates) as a sign of revolt against the Spanish government.

• The men, highly motivated by the killings and arrest of their members in Manila, tore up the
documents and let out the cry “ Long Live the Philippines”, which is known as the Cry of Pugadlawin in
Philippine History”.
Is it Cry of Pugadlawin or Cry of Balintawak?

• Concludes that the “Cry of Pugad Lawin” is an invented story, the reconstructs the events in

Balintawak Bonifacio’s

when andres Katipuneros

assembled in Pook Kangkong from 22 to 26 August 1896.

What did the Cedula signify?

• The cedula is a reminder of Spain’s tyranny against Filipinos who where branded as “indios” during the invaders’ 300-
year rule. It’s a piece of paper that symbolizes the spaniards’ oppression and tearing the same means the start of
our fight for freedom and independence.

Where did the Cry of Rebellion takes place?

\• The accounts (Milagros Guerrero, Emmanuel Encarnacion and Ramon

Villegas) Katipunan say that the held a meeting on

August 26, 1896 at the home of Tandang Sora’s barn in Gulod, Barangay Balat Quezon City.