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HomeHistoryKKK And Its Revolutionary Operations In The Philippines3 min read
KKK And Its Revolutionary Operations In The Philippines3 min read
03/23/2017 PhilLife History 1
kkk Katipunan Bonifacio mania Spanish war revolution
The flag used by the Katipunan
Like many before me, I to felt the shock of seeing the KKK references around The Philippines. Chuckling to myself, as I passed the chain restaurant donning the name. Obviously, I knew they weren’t advertising the American white supremacist group. But after asking a few people I didn’t seem to get a complete answer on what the KKK was referencing.
It turns out the KKK is a historically important secret society and revolutionary group. It’s beginnings dating back to 1892 when anti-Spanish Filipinos decided to band together with the aim of gaining independence from Spanish rule.
Now the official name of the society was Kataastaasan, Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan. Which when translated into English means Supreme and Most Honorable Society of the Children of the Nation. So it seems that shortening it to KKK or the Katipunan was a reasonable decision.
The founders of the group Andres Bonifacio, Teodoro Plata, Ladislao Diwa plus various others were mostly freemasons. This meant that a lot of the organizational structure adopted by the KKK was borrowed from The Philippine Freemasonry.
A lot of people associate the Filipino national hero Jose Rizal with the KKK. Although Rizal was not formally a member of the group; due to his being exiled to Mindanao at the time; he still remained a close affiliate with the KKK. The society had been created as a reaction to the La Liga Filipina organization being shut down, an organization in which Rizal was the founding member.
Members of the La Liga Filipina moved away from the organization when the realization came that the organizations’ peaceful stance would be suppressed by Spanish authorities. As these members moved to the KKK their aims were adjusted to the concept of an armed revolution against the Spanish.
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