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Alexander Carlos M. Adan

BSME 2-2
Mariano Núñez Llanera was born on November 9, 1855, to parents
Enrique Llanera and Juana Núñez in Cabiao, Nueva Ecija.

Mariano Llanera, a courageous hero of the Philippine Revolution, was a

prominent Katipunan figure in Nueva Ecija and worked as Emilio
Aguinaldo's general from the [Republic of] Biak-na-Bato to the
Philippine-American War.

He had a distinctive personal flag that was black with a white skull,
crossbones, and a giant initial K embroidered on it.

Despite enrolling in San Juan De Letran College, he never completed his

studies there.

He twice held the position of municipal captain.

He set up a military regime in Nueva Ecija in the second act of the

Revolution. He was sent to Manila by General Antonio Luna after
becoming the first battalion's superior
commander in Nueva Ecija at the start of
the Philippine-American War.

Labayug, a sitio in Pozorrubio, Pangasinan,

populated by Igorots and early Christian
converts, was renamed Llanera in 1899.

Llanera was taken prisoner by the Americans

and exiled to Guam. On September 26, 1902,
he was returned home. Mariano Núñez Llanera
He passed away on September 19, 1942.
Bungo ni Llanera
There are two variations of Llanera’s flag in existence, and the most
well-known is the large white skull and crossbones, with a capital K
on the left. But the first flag he carried during the beginning of the Carrying something bearing a skull
1896 revolution had a different placement of the markings. The skull might induce fear in the enemy, or even
and crossbones were set slightly higher and below were the initials of in some common observers. The skull,
the Katipunan. This time, it was not a single K, but three of them, being a deathly symbol, could mean
thus completing the whole Katipunan acronyms. death to the enemies and might invoke
savagery and ferocity.

Andres Bonifacio was never a

fan of Llanera’s flag. He was the
one to gave it a nickname: Bungo
ni Llanera, or Llanera’s skull.
But the reasons behind Llanera’s
adopting the skull as his banner
had more to do with the masonic
or Katipunan symbolisms.
The first Cry of Nueva Ecija (Filipino: Sigaw ng Nueva Ecija;
Spanish: Grito de Nueva Écija) occurred on September 2–5,
1896, in the province of Nueva Ecija, in the Philippines under
Spanish rule.

Ang Tatlong Ama ng Unang Sigaw ng Nueva Ecija

Ang Unang Sigaw ng Nueva Ecija ay isang paghihimagsik

noong 1896 sa pangunguna ni Heneral Mariano Llanera, na
inagapayan nina Heneral Manuel Tinio at Pantaleon Valmonte
ng Bayan ng Gapan.
References
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/2779/today-in-
philippine-history-november-9-1855-mariano-llanera-a-
revolutionary-general-was-born-in-cabiao-nueva-
ecija#google_vignette
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Llanera#:~:text=Mariano%
20N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez%20Llanera%20(born%20Mariano,Bulacan%
2C%20Tarlac%2C%20and%20Pampanga.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry_of_Nueva_Ecija#:~:text=The%20f
irst%20Cry%20of%20Nueva,for%20revolution%20in%20central%2
0Luzon.