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Boholanos killing many. Tamblot's men was forced to retreat to a bamboo thicket. The
Spanish troops pursued them but were bogged down by a sudden heavy rainfall. As heavy rain started to pour it briefly slowed down their rate of their fire giving a momentary time lapse for Tamblot's men to counter. Tamblot and his priests encouraged their followers to attack head on stating that the rain was a miracle from the diwatas. Fortunately for the Spanish forces, the shields of the Cebuanos were able to keep the guns dry enough from the rain continuing massive damage against the Boholano counterattack. The continued volley of fire mowed down charging Boholano zealots enough to rout them. Most were sent fleeing further into the mountains.
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within weeks arrived back at Cebu victorious. Six months later, another group of rebels reformed and set another base on the peak of another mountain. Alcarazo again returned to Bohol with more troops. After a vicious uphill campaign, wherein the attacking force was harassed by defenders as they slowly raced up the steep mountain stronghold incurring much losses, the
Spanish forces were able to reach top. After a fierce battle, the defenders were overpowered again by musket fire. The natives were either routed and fled, or killed, putting a stop to the revolt.
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267:, 1749) stated that Tamblot promised his disciples that weapons would bounce off their skin, bejuco vines would provide distilled wine, tree leaves would turn into saranga (fish) for food and banana leaves into linen for clothing. He promised them that once a shrine was created in the seclusion of the hills, that he and his followers would be able to lead a life full of bounty thanks to the miracles the diwata would provide. They would also be free from tax and church duties required of them by the Spanish authorities.
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instructed his followers to gather much goods and rice in order to set up a bastion in the foothills expecting an impending attack. Four villages around the towns of Loboc and
Baclayon defected to his movement. All in all, Tamblot supposedly built a shrine for the diwata surrounded by hundreds of huts of his followers deep in the mountains. His message spread far and wide around the Visayas region including
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and quickly rallied his troops. The troops raised their shields as they were pelted by stones, and eventually were able to gain access to the redoubt. Slaughter of the defenders ensued. The base was pillaged; booty of food, gold, silver and bells were collected. For four more days the
Spanish troops pursued the many who fled, either killing them or finding them dead of hunger.
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warriors armed with swords and shields as well as
Spanish firearms. An account by Aduarte added that the contingent consisted of Cebuanos as well as Kapampangan warriors with a Spanish priest, the total force numbering more than a 1000. Upon landing in Bohol using four caracoas, they started marching
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Spanish troops then seized upon the stronghold, with a manned stone redoubt from where the natives hurled stones and clods of earth/mud. During the battle, Alcarazo was supposedly hit and knocked out momentarily with a rock thrown by the enemy. He recovered thanks to the protection of his helmet
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Alcarazo subsequently assembled his troops consisting of
Spanish and Philippine soldiers then traveled to Bohol, leading the others through the thick, mountainous forests inland in pursuit of the rebels. The enemy forces eventually met, and a downpour of rain befell the battle scene. Tamblot and the
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Pagali in sparking sedition among Leyte's population "until was plunged into a chaos of armed resistance," wishing to return to the island of Leyte's indigenous beliefs. Like the
Tamblot uprisings, this revolt also involved the construction of a shrine to a local deity and was also put down by the
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Spanish colonial troops dispersed or killed the remaining of Tamblot's followers. Some of the leaders were hanged and the rest were given amnesty. Some of those they captured were sentenced to enslavement of 10 years. The troops returned to Loboc. Alcarazo left a contingent of native troops and
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and Leyte that roused the alarm of local priests in the city of SantĂsimo Nombre de JesĂşs (now Cebu City). The priests encouraged the alcalde-mayor of Cebu, Juan
Alcarazo, to take action against the Boholanos in order to stifle the spread of their movement. Alcarazo hesitated to act as he did not
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He quickly gained followers many in turn went to other villages performing the same miracles and preaching his message as his priests. He preached that with his magic, the native gods ie diwatas would protect them from the Spanish weapons and they would be able to vanquish them from the island. He
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On the sixth day, conflict started with the rebels killing a native ally in a skirmish. The next day after that, an estimated 1500 strong force ambushed the Spanish vanguard defended by a 16 Spanish troops and 300 native allies. Spanish and Cebuano soldiers fired volleys of musket shot on the
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spread throughout the Philippine archipelago, a process which many of its inhabitants rejected in favor of their local customs. A few uprisings in the early colonial era such as this one were thus motivated in part by resistance against the presence of
263:, 1630) Tamblot gained followers when he and his priests showed 'miracles' around the surrounding villages. He would pierce bamboos poles with a small knife from which rice and wine would flow out of magically. Another account by Fr. Murillo Velarde (
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eventually quashed the revolt, killing and capturing many of its insurgents. Despite the victory, Alcarazo would have to put down more acts of civil unrest in the Pintados Islands before peace in the region could be restored.
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The priests were finally able to persuade him to act early to stamp out a full scale revolt that might spread throughout other islands. He assembled a small contingent of 50 Spanish and 1000 native troops, mostly
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Map of Cebu and Bohol, with relevant settlements marked. At the time, the province of Bohol was under the jurisdiction of Cebu, with the seat of power located in Cebu City (Santisimo Nombre de Jesus).
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or god—who pledged to aid them in expelling Spain out of Bohol. Persuaded, people in most of the island's villages began to revolt and wreak havoc, gaining the attention of the nearby province of
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represent the two notable resistance movements against the Spanish Empire that occurred in Bohol. One of the bolos in question symbolizes the revolts that Tamblot helped stir up.
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on New Year's Day of 1622 seeking out the mountain stronghold of Tamblot's followers. The journey took five days through steep terrain and swamps but finally reached their base.
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Tamblot is immortalized in the flag of the Province of Bohol. The center of the aforementioned flag is charged with the main element of Bohol's provincial seal, with two
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as a Christian during their encounter—decided to renounce the Christian faith shortly after the events in Bohol. Now in his old age, Bankaw was assisted by another
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Alcarazo was given commendation. Part of the war booty he collected was awarded to him by the governor for his swift actions in Bohol.
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also promised to grant the Boholanos a joyous future in exchange for their servitude to and construction of a
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dedicated to the deity in question, apart from their departure from Spain's religion and authority.
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and described a tradition, common throughout the Philippines, of religious practitioners who led
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could be either "male or female," with a majority of them being women, although few were also "
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and ceremonies, acted as mediums between humans and the supernatural world, and served as
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Tamblot successfully convinced parts of the Boholano population to revolt against the
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Tamblot's insurrections directly influenced another island northeast of Bohol,
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Little is known about Tamblot's personal life other than their position as a
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by the name of Don Juan Alcarazo. Some colonial sources explain that the
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who assumed female or feminine roles and were often described as "
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other Boholanos interpreted the rainfall as the act of their
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History of the Augustinian Order in the Filipinas Islands
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have permission from his superior the governor-general,
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played a huge part behind the revolts' inception as
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201:babaylanes
104:and early
58:Occupation
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368:Malabohoc
336:Inabangan
243:" called
185:Biography
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461:babaylan
457:baptized
453:Limasawa
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