CRY OF

BLINTAWAK
• Balintawak is a historical place in Quezon City
where Andres Bonifacio, the Katipunan’s founder,
was said to have led his men to renounce Spanish
atrocities with a loud cry.
On August 23, 1896, in a then hilly and
forested sitio of Pugad Lawin in Balintawak,
now part of Quezon City, the Katipuneros led
by Andres Bonifacio tore their "cedulas" as an
expression of their open defiance against the
Spanish rule in the country.
 The Cry of Pugad Lawin (Filipino: Sigaw ng
Pugad Lawin), alternately and originally
referred to as the Cry of
Balintawak (Filipino: Sigaw ng
Balíntawak, Spanish: Grito de Balíntawak),
was the beginning of the Philippine
Revolution against the Spanish Empire.[1]
“Different dates and places”
 Olegario Diaz, stated that the Cry took
place in Balintawak on August 25, 1896

 Historian Gregorio Zaide stated in his

books in 1954 that the "Cry" happened in
Balintawak on August 26, 1896.
 Did you know!
 Well
over two (2) decades ago, the late
National Artist NICK JOAQUIN, in his
INQUIRER column “Small Beer,” argued
repeatedly for a return to the traditional
“Cry of Balintawak”.
 REFERENCES

 https://www.philippinesinsider.com/myths-folklore-
superstition/the-folklore-on-balintawak/

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry_of_Pugad_Lawin

 https://filipinoscribbles.wordpress.com/tag/cry-of-
balintawak/