CRY OF

BALINTAWAK OR
PUGADLAWIN
GROUP 4

MAXIMIANO - MOLAWAN - PADUA - PAHIS

The “Cry of Pugad Lawin” alternately and originally
referred to as the "Cry of Balintawak" was an event that
offi cially marked the start of the Philippine Revoluti on
against Spanish occupation. The Cry of Balintawak occurred on
August 26, 1896. The Cry, defined as that turning point when
the Filipinos finally refused Spanish colonial dominion over the
Philippine Islands.
DEFINITION OF THE CRY
• The word “cry” comes from the Spanish el grito de rebelion (cry of rebellion) or el grito for short. “el grito de
rebelion” strictly refers to a decision or call to revolt. It doesn’t necessarily mean shouting, unlike the Filipino
term Sigaw or Sigao.
• Originally the term “cry” referred to the first clash between the members of Katipunan and the Civil Guards
(Guardia Civil).
• The cry could also refer to the tearing up of cedulas (community tax certificates) in resistance to Spanish
government.
• The cry can also be referred to in the inscriptions of “Viva la Independencia Filipina” which was literally
accompanied by patriotic shouts.
D I F F E R E N T DAT ES A N D P L A C ES
VARIOUS ACCOUNTS GIVE DIFFERING DATES AND
PLACES FOR THE CRY.

LT. O L EG A R I O D I A Z
An officer of the Spanish guardia civil
stated that the Cry took place in
Balintawak on August 25, 1896.
T EO D O RO K A L AW
Historian Teodoro Kalaw in his 1925 book
The Filipino Revolution wrote that the
event took place during the last week of
August 1896 at Kangkong, Balintawak.
 VARIOUS ACCOUNTS GIVE DIFFERING DATES AND
PLACES FOR THE CRY.

S A N T I A G O A LVA R E Z
a Katipunero and son of Mariano
Alvarez, the leader of the Magdiwang
faction in Cavite, stated in 1927 that the
Cry took place in Bahay Toro, now in
Quezon City on August 24, 1896.
P Í O VA L E N Z U E L A
a close associate of Andrés Bonifacio,
declared in 1948 that it happened in
Pugad Lawin on August 23, 1896.
VARIOUS ACCOUNTS GIVE DIFFERING DATES AND
PLACES FOR THE CRY.

G re g o r i o Z a i d e
A historian who stated in his books
in 1954 that the "Cry" happened in
Balintawak on August 26, 1896.
T EO D O RO AG O N C I L LO
A fellow historian who wrote in 1956 that
it took place in Pugad Lawin on August 23,
1896, based on Pío Valenzuela's
statement.
VARIOUS ACCOUNTS GIVE DIFFERING DATES AND
PLACES FOR THE CRY.

Accounts by historians Milagros Guerrero,

Emmanuel Encarnacion and Ramon Villegas claim
the event to have taken place in Tandang Sora's
barn in Gulod, Barangay Banlat, Quezon City.
ASSERTED DATES AND LOCATIONS
BECAUSE OF DIFFERING ACCOUNTS
AND THE AMBIGUITY OF PLACE NAMES
IN THESE ACCOUNTS, THE EXACT DATE
AND PLACE OF THE CRY IS DISPUTED.
FROM 1908 UNTIL 1963, THE OFFICIAL
STANCE WAS THAT THE CRY OCCURRED ON
AUGUST 26 IN BALINTAWAK. IN 1963 THE
PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT DECLAED A
SHIFT TO AUGUST 23 IN PUGAD LAWIN,
QUEZON CITY.
SOME OF THE APPARENT CONFUSION IS IN PART DUE TO THE DOUBLE
MEANINGS OF THE TERMS "BALINTAWAK" AND "CALOOCAN" AT THE TURN
OF THE CENTURY. BALINTAWAK REFERRED BOTH TO A SPECIFIC PLACE IN
MODERN CALOOCAN CITY AND A WIDER AREA WHICH INCLUDED PARTS OF
MODERN QUEZON CITY. SIMILARLY, CALOOCAN REFERRED TO MODERN
CALOOCAN CITY AND A WIDER AREA WHICH INCLUDED MODERN QUEZON
CITY AND PART OF MODERN PASIG. PUGAD LAWIN, PASONG TAMO,
KANGKONG AND OTHER SPECIFIC PLACES WERE ALL IN “GREATER
BALINTAWAK", WHICH WAS IN TURN PART OF "GREATER CALOOCAN"
 FIRST SKIRMISH

Up to the late 1920s, the Cry was generally identified

with Balintawak. It was commemorated on August 26,
considered the anniversary of the first encounter
between the Katipuneros and the Guardia Civil. The
"first shot" of the Revolution (el primer tiro) was fired
at Banlat, Pasong Tamo, then considered a part of
Balintawak and now part of Quezon City.
 FORMATION OF AN INSURGENT GOVERNMENT

An alternative definition of the Cry as the "birth of the

Filipino nation state" involves the setting up of a
national insurgent government through the Katipunan
with Bonifacio as President in Banlat, Pasong Tamo on
August 24, 1896 – after the tearing of cedulas but
before the first skirmish.
 EVENTS PRIOR TO THE CRY OF PUGAD LAWIN

• Several events occurred to strengthen the unity of the Filipino

people and brought a “thirst” for independence.
• These include the Cavite Mutiny of 1872, Martyrdom of the
GOMBURZA, propaganda movements, and different peaceful
campaigns for reforms, Dr. Rizal’s exile in Dapitan, and the foundation
and the discovery of the KKK or Kataastaasan, Kagalanggalangang
Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (“Supreme and Venerable
Association of the Children of the Nation”).
 DEATH AND LEGACY

• The Cry of the Rebellion in Pugad Lawin marked the beginning of the Philippine Revolution
in 1896 which ultimately led to Philippine Independence in 1898.
• After Bonifacio’s death on May 10, 1897, in Maragondon, Cavite, General Emilio Aguinaldo
continued the revolution.
• He declared the independence of the country from Spain on June 12, 1898, at Kawit, Cavite.
 COMMEMORATION

- The Cry is commemorated as National Heroes' Day, a public holiday in the

Philippines.

- The first annual commemoration of the Cry occurred in Balintawak in 1908

after the American colonial government repealed the Sedition Law. In 1911 a
monument to the Cry (a lone Katipunero popularly identified with Bonifacio) was
erected at Balintawak; it was later transferred to Vinzons Hall in the University of
the Philippines-Diliman, Quezon City. In 1984, the National Historical Institute of
the Philippines installed a commemorative plaque in Pugad Lawin.
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