The Cry that started a revolution in this side of the country…a simple cry that sparked a rebellion against Don Quixote’s colonial forces. Manila got its Pugad Lawin (or Balintawak) and Iloilo has its own Jelucuon in the town of New Lucena in the Panay island province of Iloilo in Central Philippines.
Come every last weekend of October, the people of New Lucena celebrate freedom from the colonial oppressors as they celebrate the Cry of Jelucuon Festival, its a new and still a hardly-known festival.
Like Pugad Lawin and Balintawak, until today this event is still debatable on who’s first to declare war, Jelucuon or Santa Barbara? But either way, they both celebrate the struggle and the revolution of the Ilonggos towards freedom against the colonizers.
With colourful costumes of the 19th Century Ilonggos, bamboo poles and interpretative highly-choreographed drama, it tells the story on how the event started with the search for two carabaos (water buffalos) that lead to the uprising.
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