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The Revolt of Tamblot
Tamblot
Tamblot was a babaylan or native priest from Bohol, Philippines who led an uprising in 1621 to 1622 against the Spaniards.
He called on the Boholanos to resist paying dues to the government and the Catholic Church.
Leading 2,000 followers in a mutiny dubbed as the "Tamblot Uprising" or "Tamblot Revolt,". he was defeated in a decisive battle.
Tamblot features in the Bohol provincial flag as one of the the two bolos or native swords with handle and hand-guards on top.
These two bolos, which are reclining respectively towards the left and right, depict the Dagohoy and Tamblot revolts, symbolizing that a true Boholano will rise and fight if supervening factors embroil them into something beyond reason or tolerance.
Rice and wine challenge
When the Boholanos began to renovate to Christianity, Tamblot issued a challenge to the Spanish priest as to whose God was more powerful.
The challenge was to manufacture rice and wine from a bamboo stalk.
The Spanish priest prayed to his God, of course in Latin, and then cut the bamboo stalk from a furrow, but no rice and wine came out.
Tamblot then prayed to Ay Sono and then cut the bamboo stalk from a groove and out came rice and wine.
(“Medina’s Historia 1630-34,” Blair & Robertson, Vol. 24, p. 116).
Tamblot won the challenge and the people sided with
Tamblot.
Only the towns of Baclayon and Loboc remained loyal to the Spaniards.
The Spaniards said it was trickery and the work of the demon.
Yet the same account in “Medina’s Historia” Tamblot's act was called trickery or the work of the demon.
Revolt of Tamblot
(1621-22)
In 1621, a religious confrontation loomed in Bohol.
It was incited by Tamblot who exhorted the people to return to the faith of their forefathers and fight the oppression of the Spaniards through the aid of their ancestors and diuatas, or gods.
Tamblot led the people, specifically of the town of Malabago, in an uprising against the
Tamblot
Tamblot was a babaylan or native priest from Bohol, Philippines who led an uprising in 1621 to 1622 against the Spaniards.
He called on the Boholanos to resist paying dues to the government and the Catholic Church.
Leading 2,000 followers in a mutiny dubbed as the "Tamblot Uprising" or "Tamblot Revolt,". he was defeated in a decisive battle.
Tamblot features in the Bohol provincial flag as one of the the two bolos or native swords with handle and hand-guards on top.
These two bolos, which are reclining respectively towards the left and right, depict the Dagohoy and Tamblot revolts, symbolizing that a true Boholano will rise and fight if supervening factors embroil them into something beyond reason or tolerance.
Rice and wine challenge
When the Boholanos began to renovate to Christianity, Tamblot issued a challenge to the Spanish priest as to whose God was more powerful.
The challenge was to manufacture rice and wine from a bamboo stalk.
The Spanish priest prayed to his God, of course in Latin, and then cut the bamboo stalk from a furrow, but no rice and wine came out.
Tamblot then prayed to Ay Sono and then cut the bamboo stalk from a groove and out came rice and wine.
(“Medina’s Historia 1630-34,” Blair & Robertson, Vol. 24, p. 116).
Tamblot won the challenge and the people sided with
Tamblot.
Only the towns of Baclayon and Loboc remained loyal to the Spaniards.
The Spaniards said it was trickery and the work of the demon.
Yet the same account in “Medina’s Historia” Tamblot's act was called trickery or the work of the demon.
Revolt of Tamblot
(1621-22)
In 1621, a religious confrontation loomed in Bohol.
It was incited by Tamblot who exhorted the people to return to the faith of their forefathers and fight the oppression of the Spaniards through the aid of their ancestors and diuatas, or gods.
Tamblot led the people, specifically of the town of Malabago, in an uprising against the