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LIBERTY:
THE KKK AND THE
“KARTILYA NG
KATIPUNAN”
Kataastaasan, Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng
Bayan
LET’S REVIEW!
People were shocked of Jose Rizal’s arrest due to the fact that Rizal to them was
a symbol of freedom.
Andres Bonifacio established the KKK on the night when Dr. Jose Rizal was
arrested and deported to Dapitan in July 7 1892.
The KATIPUNEROS were not interested with the reforms that some middle
class Filipinos were expecting from Mother Spain to be given.
What were they aiming is to liberate the country from the tyranny of the
Spaniards.
The Katipunan laid down three fundamental aims:
POLITICAL
MORAL
CIVIC
KKK envisioned the ff:
United Filipino nation that would revolt against the
Spaniards.
Total independence of the country from Spain.
12. Huwag gagawin sa asawa, mga anak, at mga kapatid ng iba, ang hindi mo
ibig na magawa sa iyong asawa, mga anak, at mga kapatid.
13. Ang kahalagahan ng tao’y hindi nasusukat sa kanyang kalagayan sa buhay, o
maging sa tangos ng kanyang ilong, pati na sa kaputian ng kanyang balat, at lalong
hindi kapag siya ay isang pari na nagpapanggap na sugo ng Diyos. Kahit na siya ay
isang katutubo na mula sa kabundukan at nagsasalita ng kanyang kinagisnang wika,
siya ay taong may marangal na pananaw at ibayong katapatan sa kanyang Inang-bayan.
14. Kapag napalaganap ang mga alintuntuning ito at ang maluwalhating araw ng
kalayaan ay nagsimulang sumilay sa mga dalitang kapuluan at pinagliwanag ang
pagkakaisa ng isang lahi at kapatiran, ang lahat ng mga buhay na nakitil, lahat ng
pakikibaka at mga pagtitiis ay hindi naunsiyami ng walang saysay.
Analysis of the
“Katilya ng
Katipunan”
As a document written for a fraternity whose main purpose is to overthrow a
colonial regime, we can explain the content and provisions of the Kartilya as a
reaction and response to certain value systems that they found despicable in
the present state of things that they struggled against with.
For example, the fourth and the thirteenth rules in the Kartilya are an
invocation of the inherent equality between and among men regardless of race,
occupation or status.
Equality, tolerance, freedom, and liberty were values that first emerged in the
eighteenth century French Revolution, which spread throughout Europe and
reached the educated class of the colonies.
Emilio Jacinto, an Ilustrado himself, certainly got an understanding of these
values.