CRY OF BA L IN TA W A K O R

PU G A D L A W IN .
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•JUMBLE WORDS……..
PUNANKATI
DESRAN NIBOCIOFA
EDULAS
WATANBALIK
THE CRY OF BALINTAWAK
CRY OF BALINTAWAK OR CRY OF PUGADLAWIN.
WHERE DID ANDRES BONIFACIO CRY ??
• THE CRY OF BALINTAWAK IS CONTRIVED CONTREVERSY, FOR THE NEARLY CENTURY,
• CRY OF BALINTAWAK OR CRY OF PUGADLAWIN HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF
CONTROVERSIES.

• THE MAIN FOCUS OF CONTROVERSY IS THE DATE AND PLACE OF BONIFACIO CRY.
• THERE WERE 5 DATES FOR THE CRY-AUGUST
 • BALINTAWAK
• AUGUST 25 1896
• KANGKONG. BALINTAWAK
• AUGUST 20 1896
• BAHAY TORO QUEZON CITY
• AUGUST 24 1896
 • PUGAD LAWIN
• AUGUST 23 1896
 • PASONG TAMO
• AUGUST 26 1996
• THE 1
ST
ISSUE : ITS WIDELY ACCEPTED AND BELIEVED THAT THE FIRST CRY OF THE REVOLUTION TOOK
PLACE IN BALINTAWAK, CALOOCAN IN AUG 23 1896,

• THE 2 ISSUE : THE FIRST CRY WAS IN AUGUST 23 1896 BUT THE EXACT PLACE IS NOT IN BALINTAWAK
ND

BUT PUGADLAWIN. BETWEEN THESE TWO CONTROVERSIES, THE BALINTAWAK TRADITION CONTINUES TO
THRIVE.

• THE 3 ISSUE : THE CRY OCCURRED TOWARDS THE END OF AUG 1896 AND THAT ALL THE PLACES
RD

MENTIONED ABOVE ARE IN THE CALOOCAN (NOW A BIG CITY ) WHICH IN THOSE TIMESWAS A DISTRICT
OF BALINTAWAK.
 WHY BALINTAWAK ?
AND WHY PUGADLAWIN ?
• “THE CRY IF BALINTAWAK”. PIO VALENZUELA’S CONTROVERSIAL “CRY OF PUGAD LAWIN” (AUGUST 23,
1896) THIS CONTROVERSIAL VERSION OF THE “CRY OF THE PUGAD LAWIN” HAS BEEN
AUTHORIZED BY NO OTHER THAN DR. PIO VALENZUELA, WHO HAPPENED TO BE THE EYEWITNESS
HIMSELF OF THE EVENT. IN HIS FIRST VERSION, HE TOLD THAT THE PRIME STAGING POINT OF THE CRY
WAS IN BALINTAWAK ON WEDNESDAY OF AUGUST 26, 1896. HE HELD THIS ACCOUNT WHEN THE
HAPPENINGS OR EVENTS ARE STILL VIVID IN HIS MEMORY. ON THE OTHER HAND, LATER IN HIS LIFE
AND WITH A FADING MEMORY, HE WROTE HIS MEMOIRS OF THE REVOLUTION WITHOUT CONSULTING
THE WRITTEN DOCUMENTS OF THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION AND CLAIMED THAT THE “CRY” TOOK
PLACE AT PUGAD LAWIN ON AUGUST 23, 1896. BELOW IS HIS ACCOUNT ON THIS TOPI
WHY BALINTAWAK ?
AND WHY PUGADLAWIN ?

• SANTIAGO ALVAREZ’S THE “CRY OF BAHAY TORO” (AUGUST 24, 1896)

• THIS VERSION OF THE “CRY” WAS WRITTEN BY SANTIAGO ALVAREZ, A WELL-KNOWN KATIPUNERO
FROM CAVITE AND A SON OF MARIANO ALVAREZ. SANTIAGO IS A RELATIVE OF GREGORIA DE JESUS,
WHO HAPPENED TO BE THE WIDE OF ANDRES BONIFACIO. UNLIKE THE AUTHOR OF THE FIRST VERSION
MENTIONED (VALENZUELA), SANTIAGO ALVAREZ IS NOT AN EYEWITNESS OF THIS EVENT. AS A RESULT,
THIS VERSION OF HIM IS NOT GIVEN OF EQUAL VALUE AS COMPARED WITH THE OTHER VERSIONS FOR
AUTHORS OF OTHER ACCOUNTS ARE ACTUALLY PART OF THE HISTORIC EVENT. BELOW IS HIS ACCOUNT
WHY BALINTAWAK ?
AND WHY PUGADLAWIN ?
• GREGORIA DE JESUS’ VERSION OF THE FIRST “CRY” (AUGUST 25, 1896)
• THIS VERSION WAS WRITTEN BY NO OTHER THAN THE “LAKAMBINI OF THE KATIPUNAN” AND WIFE OF
ANDRES BONIFACIO, GREGORIA DE JESUS. SHE HAS BEEN A PARTICIPANT OF THIS EVENT AND BECAME
THE KEEPER OF THE SECRET DOCUMENTS OF THE KATIPUNAN. AFTER THE REVOLUTION IN AUGUST 1896,
SHE LIVED WITH HER PARENTS IN CALOOCAN THEN FLED TO MANILA WHEN SHE WAS TOLD THAT
SPANISH AUTHORITIES WANTED TO ARREST HER. EVENTUALLY, SHE JOINED HER HUSBAND IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND SHARED ADVERSITIES WITH HIM. IN HER ACCOUNT, THE FIRST “CRY” HAPPENED NEAR
CALOOCAN ON AUGUST 25, 1896.
WHY BALINTAWAK ?
AND WHY PUGADLAWIN ?

• GUILLERMO MASANGKAY’S THE “CRY OF BALINTAWAK” (AUGUST 26, 1896)

• THIS VERSION IS WRITTEN BY THE KATIPUNAN GENERAL GUILLERMO MASANGKAY. HE IS AN
EYEWITNESS OF THE HISTORIC EVENT AND A CHILDHOOD FRIEND OF BONIFACIO. ACCORDING TO HIM, THE
FIRST RALLY OF THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION HAPPENED ON AUGUST 26, 1896 AT BALINTAWAK.
CORRESPONDINGLY, THE DATE AND SITE PRESENTED WERE ACCEPTED BY THE PRELIMINARY YEARS
OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT. BELOW IS GENERAL GUILLERMO MASANGKAY’S VERSION OF THE “CRY OF
BALINTAWAK”