Thimuay Imbing
Thimuay Imbing (sometimes referred to as "Thimuay Beng Imbing" or "Thimuay Labi Beng Imbing"; with the personal name sometimes spelled Mbeng) was the Thimuay or ancestral leader of the Subanon people the Zamboanga peninsula in the Philippines during the American colonial Period.[1] One of the most prominent Thimuay in Philippine history, he is perhaps best known for his role in introducing Evangelical Protestantism, through the Christian and Missionary Alliance Churches of the Philippines, to the Subanon people, and for establishing the settlement which would become the present-day municipality of Lapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur.[1]
Thimuay Imbing was the ancestor of the royal Imbing clan of Lapuyan, among whom several individuals have retained the title of "Thimuay." Thimuay Imbing is sometimes called "Thimuay Labi" or "Highest Thimuay" in deference to his achievements as leader of the Lapuyan Subanen.
See slso
- Thimuay
- Lapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur
- Subanon people
- Paramount rulers in early Philippine history - for an explanation of the rank "Thimuan Labi"
References
- 1 2 "About Lapuyan: Facts and Profile". lapuyan.gov.ph. Local Government Unit of Lapuyan. Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2017-07-14.