First Katipunan Flag 1892

First Katipunan Flat 1892 (my reproduction)

No, this flag does NOT represent the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), the name of several past and present secret organizations in the United States, mostly in the South, that are best known for advocating white supremacy and acting as vigilantes while hidden behind conic masks and white robes inflicting intidmidation, terrorism, oppression and violence on racial and religous minorites.

Far from it. This KKK represents the Katipunan or Kataastaasang Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan or the Highest and Most Respected Sons of the People, the first Philippine revolutionary movement which succesfully fought against Spanish Tyranny in 1892.

The First KKK Flag (1892). Three big white KKK letters arranged horizontally at the center of a rectangular piece of red cloth (locally called "kundiman"). The color red symbolized the courage of the Katipuneros who stood ready to fight for freedom and shed their blood if need be. This was the flag which was unfurled during the "First Cry of Nationhood" at the vicinity of North Manila in August 1896.

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