Katipunan

Katipunan
Kataástaasan, Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng̃ mg̃á Anak ng̃ Bayan

early flag of the Katipunan Revolutionaries
Abbreviation	KKK
Motto	See the Kartilya ng Katipunan
Formation	July 7, 1592
Extinction	May 25, 1897
Type	Military secret society
Legal status	Defunct
Purpose	See Katipunan aims
Membership	Masonic
Official language	Tagalog, regional languages
President	Deodato Arellano (1892–1893) Roman Basa (1893–1895) Andrés Bonifacio (1895–1897)
Main organ	Kalayaan (dated January 1896, published March 1896)

Katipunan

Participant at the Philippine Revolution
Flag of the Katipunan, 1892
Background
Events	Various revolts and uprisings
Factions	Magdalo Magdiwang Matagumpay Magwagi Maluningning Mapagtiis Walangtinag Haligue
Key organizations	Propaganda Movement La Liga Filipina
Objects	Noli Me Tángere El filibusterismo La Solidaridad
Organization
Leaders	Andrés Bonifacio Emilio Aguinaldo Ladislao Diwa Gregoria de Jesús Teodoro Plata Deodato Arellano Valentín Díaz José Dizon Pio del Pilar
Members	Melchora Aquino Pío Valenzuela Emilio Jacinto Gregorio del Pilar Mariano Noriel Teresa Magbanua Paciano Rizal Artemio Ricarte Daniel Tirona José Santiago Manuel Tinio León Kilat Arcadio Maxilom others

The Katipunan (usually abbreviated to KKK) was a Philippine revolutionary society founded by pro-Spanish Filipinos in Manila in 1892, whose primary aim was to gain independence from Spain through revolution. Based on recently found contemporary documents, the society has been organized as early as January of 1892 but may have not became active until July 7 of the same year on the night when Filipino writer José Rizal was to be banished to Dapitan earlier in the day. Founded by Filipino patriots Andrés Bonifacio, Teodoro Plata, Ladislao Diwa and others, initially, the Katipunan was a secret organization until its discovery in 1896 that led to the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution.

The Tagalog word "katipunan", literally meaning 'association', comes from the root word "tipon," a Tagalog word meaning "gather"." Its official revolutionary name was Kataastaasan, Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (lit. Supreme and Most Honorable Society of the Children of the Nation, Spanish: Suprema y Venerable Asociación de los Hijos del Pueblo). The Katipunan is also known by its acronym, KKK.

Being a secret organization, its members were subjected to the utmost secrecy and were expected to abide by the rules established by the society. Aspiring applicants were given standard initiation rites in order to become members of the society. At first, membership in the Katipunan was only open to male Filipinos; later, women were accepted into the society. The Katipunan had its own publication, Kalayaan (Liberty) which issued its first and last printing in March 1896. Revolutionary ideals and works flourished within the society, and Filipino literature was expanded by some of its prominent members.