CRY OF BALINTAWAK(Ala-ala ng Bayang Filipino sa mga Bayani ng `96)

Ramon Martinez y Lazaro

CRY OF BALINTAWAK● The "Cry of Balintawak" was done by Ramon

Martinez between 1905-1911.

● Currently located on the top of the driveway of Vinzons Hall

● It is a polychromed statue of a revolutionary Katipunero often attributed to the supremo Andres Bonifacio.

CRY OF BALINTAWAK● It was originally located in Balintawak

Cloverleaf.

● Its relocation in the University of the Philippines - Diliman Campus was forced by the construction of the North Luzon Expressway.

CRY OF BALINTAWAK

● It was donated by the Bureau of Public Works to the University on November 29, 1968.

● A bronze replica was made by Napoleon Abueva, and is now placed at a plaza of the said Cloverleaf.

CRY OF BALINTAWAK : SYMBOLISM

The statue of the Cry of Balintawak is a suitable counterpoint to the modern austerity

of the Vinzons Hall, for it symbolizes the FIGURATIVE DEFIANCE and NATIONALISM of the Katipunan revolution in 1896, which is

marked on the consciousness of student activists.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR :RAMON MARTINEZ Y LAZARO

● Birthplace: Santa Cruz Manila

● Birthday: November 8, 1889

● Studied at the Escuela de Pintura

OTHER PICTURES

APPENDICES● Cañete, Prof. Rueben. Pasyal: Walking Around UP

Diliman. Quezon City: Office for Initiatives for Culture and the Arts, 2004. Print.

● Poe, Kevin. "The Cry of Balintawak." Slideshare. n.p. Web. 14 July 2010.

● Background photos are from the Palma Hall bulletin board along the stairs

● Pictures of the "Cry of Balintawak" was taken in front of Vinzons Hall (on top of the driveway)