The KKK and the

“Kartilya ng Katipunan”
 ANG KATIPUNAN
• KKK – Kataastaasan Kagalang-
galang na Katipunan nang mga Anak
nang Bayan
• Founded by Andres Bonifacio,
Valentin Diaz, Teodoro Plata, Ladislao
Diwa, Deodato Arellano, etc. in a
house on Azcarraga Street, Tondo,
Manila on July 7, 1892 .
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The Aims of the Katipunan
• To unite the Filipinos
• To fight for Philippine Independence
•Political - was to completely separate the Philippines
from Spain after declaring the country’s independence.
•Moral - was to teach the Filipinos good manners,
cleanliness, hygiene, fine morals, and how to guard
themselves against religious fanaticism.
•Civic- was to encourage Filipinos to help themselves and
to defend the poor oppressed
 Flags of the Philippine Revolution
Katipunan flag Bonifacio's personal flag Pio del Pilar's personal flag

Naic Assembly flag Magdiwang flag Modern "Magdalo" flag

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Twin Souls of the Katipunan

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Andres Bonifacio
• Born in November 30, 1863 in a small hut at Calle Azcarraga, presently known as
Claro M. Recto Avenue in Tondo, Manila. His parents were Santiago Bonifacio
and Catalina de Castro
• Andres was the eldest in a brood of five. His other siblings were Ciriaco,
Procopio, Troadio, Esperidiona and Maxima.
• He obtained his basic education through a certain Guillermo Osmeña of Cebu.
• Andres was married to Gregoria de Jesus who happened to be his second wife. His
first wife – Monica- died of leprosy a year after their marriage. Gregoria was only
sixteen years old and Andres was twenty-nine when their romance sprung
• One of the founders of the Katipunan, and became the Supremo in 1895 and
because of that, he is considered the "Father of the Revolution“
• He was killed, along with his brother Procopio, by Hen. Lazaro Macapagal on the
Bundok Tala on May 10, 1897.

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 Emilio Jacinto
• He was born in Dec. 15, 1875 in Tondo, Manila
• He attended San Juan de Letran College and the University of Santo Tomas (UST)
• He joined the Katipunan; and, at the age of 18, he became the youngest member of
the katipunan
• In the Katipunan he was forced to speak Tagalog instead of Spanish or Pidgin
Spanish
• He became a close friend of Bonifacio and He was considered the “Utak ng
Katipunan”
• He was the editor of Kalayaan, the official newspaper of the Katipunan
• He was the author of Kartilla, Liwanag at Dilim, Pahayag, Ang kasalanan ni Cain,
Establishment of Government in the Court of East, and the People's Trade Association
• He died on April 16, 1899 in Mahayhay, Laguna, because of a Malaria

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 Katipunan Government
◉Kataastaasang Sanggunian (Supreme Council) – for the
whole country
– Consisted of a president, a fiscal, a secretary, a treasurer,
and a comptroller.
◉Sangguniang Bayan (Provincial Council)
– for every province.
◉Sangguniang Balangay (Municipal Council)
– for every town.
◉The Judicial power of KKK was exercised by the
Sangguniang Hukuman (Judicial Council)
– It decided cases involving treachery among the members
and quarrels between them.
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 Officers of KKK
• The first Supreme Council of the Katipunan was • Two years after, another election was held with the
organized in August 1, 1892. It was composed of the
following as officers:
following:
• President (Supremo) – Deodato Arellano
• Comptroller (Intervenor) – Andres Bonifacio Supremo – Andres Bonifacio
• Fiscal – Ladislao Diwa Secretary of State – Emilio Jacinto Secretary of War
• Secretary –Teodoro Plata
– Teodoro Plata
• Treasurer – Valentin Diaz
Secretary of Justice – Briccio Pantas Secretary of
• Deodato Arellano – was the first President of
Katipunan. Interior – Aguedo del Rosario Secretary of Finance
• Roman Basa- became the Supremo because – Enrique Pacheco
Bonifacio was disgusted over the performance of
Arellano

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KATIPUNAN MEMBERSHIP
• Originally the KKK recruited new members by • Every member of the Katipunan adopted a
means of TRIANGLE SYSTEM symbolic name:
Andres Bonifacio – May Pagasa
– An original member would recruit two new
members who did not know each other. Emilio Jacinto – Pingkian

– Example: Bonifacio formed the first triangle with Artemio Ricarte – Vibora
Diwa and Plata Emilio Aguinaldo – Magdalo

• They also agreed that they would pay a • Three Grades of the Katipunan Membership:
membership fee amounting to one real fuerte
(twenty-five centavos) and a monthly due of media – Katipun (Associate) – first grade, password was
real (twelve centavos). ANAK NG BAYAN
– Kawal (Soldier) – second grade, password was
GOMBURZA
– Bayani (Patriot) – third grade, password was
RIZAL
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First Grade: Katipon Second Grade: Kawal Third Grade: Bayani
- They wore black mask - They wore green mask - They wore red mask

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 Women of the Katipunan
•At the beginning, the Katipunan was exclusively for men.
• Women were later admitted to preserve peace in the family, because the wives of the Katipuneros were
becoming jealous of the nightly absences of their husbands and the reduction of their monthly earnings.

Qualifications for Female Members

• Wife of a Katipunero
• Daughter of a Katipunero
• Sister of a Katipunero
• Any close relative of a Katipunero
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 Kartilya of the Katipunan
- Created by Emilio Jacinto, adapted from Cartilla, served as a guide for Katipunan members and consists of 14 lessons

1. The life that is not consecrated to a lofty and 5. The honorable man prefers honor to
reasonable purpose is a tree without a shade, if personal gain; the scoundrel, gain to
not a poisonous weed. honor. 
2. To do good for personal gain and not for its 6. To the honorable man, his word is sacred. 
own sake is not virtue.  7. Do not waste thy time: wealth can be
3. It is rational to be charitable and love one’s recovered but not time lost. 
fellow creature, and to adjust one’s conduct, 8. Defend the oppressed and fight the
acts and words to what is in itself reasonable.  oppressor before the law or in the field.
4. Whether our skin be black or white, we are all 9. The prudent man is sparing in words and
born equal: superiority in knowledge, wealth faithful in keeping secrets
and beauty are to be understood, but not
superiority by nature. 

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 Kartilya of the Katipunan
 
10. On the thorny path of life, man is the guide of 13. Man is not worth more because he is a king, because his nose is
woman and the children, and if the guide aquiline, and his color white, not because he is a *priest, a
leads to the precipice, those whom he guides servant of God, nor because of the high prerogative that he
enjoys upon earth, but he is worth most who is a man of proven
will also go there. 
and real value, who does good, keeps his words, is worthy and
11. Thou must not look upon woman as a mere honest; he who does not oppress nor consent to being oppressed,
plaything, but as a faithful companion who he who loves and cherishes his fatherland, though he be born in
will share with thee the penalties of life; her the wilderness and know no tongue but his own. 
(physical) weakness will increase thy interest 14. When these rules of conduct shall be known to all, the longed-
in her and she will remind thee of the mother for sun of Liberty shall rise brilliant over this most unhappy
portion of the globe and its rays shall diffuse everlasting joy
who bore thee and reared thee. among the confederated brethren of the same rays, the lives of
12. What thou dost not desire done unto thy wife, those who have gone before, the fatigues and the well-paid
children, brothers and sisters, that do not unto sufferings will remain. If he who desires to enter (the Katipunan)
the wife, children, brothers and sisters of thy has informed himself of all this and believes he will be able to
neighbor.  perform what will be his duties, he may fill out the application
for admission. 

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