Was Andres Bonifacio y de Castro a Kapampangan? Read On!

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Andres Bonifacio y de Castro (November 30, 1863  May 10, 1897) was a Filipino lawless leader and the president of the Tagalog Republic. He is often called "The Great Plebeian" and "The Father of the Philippine Revolution". He was one of the founders and sophisticated Supremo (Supreme Leader) of the Kataas-taasan, Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan or conveniently and more popularly called Katipunan, a doings which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial find and started the Philippine Revolution.












This is as regards the article Sword and added Bonifacio ties to Pampanga, which reported re the hypothesis of Francis Musni that Andres Bonifacio was a Kapampangan.
Musni says that Panday Pira forged cannons for the pre-Spanish Kapampangan kingdoms. How does he know that there were pre Spanish Kapampangan kingdoms? Has he found archaeological sites and/or archival manuscripts?

The as a upshot-called three-generation test mentioned by Musni is not utter.

It goes following this:
(1) Narciso begot Benito. Benito begot Luciano.
(2) Narciso begot Manuel. Manuel begot Proceso.
(3) Narciso begot Felix. Felix begot Aurelia.

Narciso is so the grandfather of Luciano, Proceso and Aurelia. But Proceso says that Narciso is his harmonious greatgrandfather.
But where does Andres Bonifacio come in? How is Proceso joined to Andres? Proceso says he cannot specify because older Kapampangans usually referred to their relatives by and no-one else using the term 'pipumpunan' (elder).

That is not a authentic gloss, because there are Kapampangan families and clan slater the Mercados and the Valencias of Minalin, for example whose members can pinpoint their specific mutual contact, even though they use the general term 'pipumpunan' after the specific apu (grandparent), apu king tud (invincible-grandparent), apu king talampakan (earsplitting-omnipresent-grandparent). They have a photo album of their intimates tree in black and white.

Proceso Bonifacio should take charity us a sure utter authentic photograph album of his family tree in black and white to prove his affirmation. The mere fact that the Center for Kapampangan Studies helped him produce a bust of Gat Andres Bonifacio at Sta. Cruz Elementary School does not prove that he is linked to the national hero.

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Musni says: There were Katipunan cells in Guagua. Therefore Andres Bonifacio was a Kapampangan.

Let me follow his logic: There were Katipunan cells in Bulacan, in Bicolandia, in Cebu. Therefore, Andres Bonifacio was a Bulakeo, a Bicolano, a Cebuano.

He says: There are many people in Masantol surnamed Bonifacio. Therefore Andres Bonifacio was a Kapampangan. Let me follow his logic: There are many people in Minalin surnamed Mercado. Therefore, Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado was a Kapampangan.

A sword was found in Apalit. Therefore it was made in Apalit. Therefore it was made by Panday Pira. Therefore there were pre Spanish Kapampangan kingdoms and empires.

Musni says that, according to his 21st-century informants, a sword called Bartolome (or Shakespeare, all) was the favorite of the 19th-century Katipuneros, and the soup sabo Andres Bonifacio that contained the leaves bulung Andres Bonifacio was what those Katipuneros survived concerning. These informants were not there at that period. I astonishment what criteria Musni used to determine whether to say you will what they said or not. If  Musni was the first one to tell to the scientific community the existence of those leaves, they could be omnipotent the scientific declaration Bonifacius Musninensis.


Source Inquirer