Katipunan Flag
The first time I went back home in the Philippines was 1998 and wouldn't you know it, Philippines was getting ready to celebrate their 100th year of independence. Unfortunately, I left before the big celebration on June 28. All the malls, street vendors, schools and everything else were selling either memorabilia, shirts, flags, toys, etc...
Excited to grab some shirts and represent, Pido Shirts were the most popular, it was packaged all nice with a commemorative tin can with a little bit of history in it but I was disturbed from what I saw, a lot of them had the markings of KKK on the flag, as for me growing up as a Filipino-American, KKK was a NO, NO, NO... we were thought in schools, movies, t.v. shows how the KKK's are not the typical "friends" to hang with. So as a kid, I really didn't care to look into it, all I knew was look for a nice shirt without those letters in it. Found a few and even got some from relatives. Not until I came back to the states is when I asked what the deal was with the KKK letters on the flag. My parents and aunts told me about the "Kataastaasan Kagalanggalangan Na Katipunan ng Mga Anak Ng Bayan"(until this day, I have to say it slow)translated to Highest and Most Respectable Society of the Sons of the People," so KKK, get it, like LOL=Lots of Laugh, TTYL= Talk to you later, mmmkkk.
That's one way to clear things up but there's soo much more about the history of Philippine movement of the KKK along with the other flags from that era plus the meaning of the flags. The one showing is the first flag of the movement, The flag's red field symbolized blood, as members of the Katipunan signed their membership papers in their own blood.
This is the design for the 100th celebration.
Sources from Wikipedia
