Thimuay Imbing Explained

Timuay Imbing (sometimes referred to as "Timuay Beng Imbing" or "Timuay Labi Beng Imbing"; with the personal name sometimes spelled Mbeng) was the Timuay or ancestral leader of the Subanen people the Zamboanga peninsula in the Philippines during the American colonial Period.^{[1] [2]} 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] [2]}

Thimuay Imbing was the ancestor of the royal Imbing clan of Lapuyan,^[3] among whom several individuals have retained the title of "Timuay." Thimuay Imbing is sometimes called "Timuay Labi" or "Highest Timuay" in deference to his achievements as leader of the Lapuyan Subanen.

See also

• Timuay
• Lapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur
• Subanen people
• Paramount rulers in early Philippine history - for an explanation of the rank "Thimuan Labi"

Notes and References

1. Web site: About Lapuyan: Facts and Profile. lapuyan.gov.ph. Local Government Unit of Lapuyan. https://web.archive.org/web/20170224131030/http://lapuyan.gov.ph/index.php/about-lapuyan-sp-1069976057/facts-and-profile. 2017-02-24. live. 2017-07-14.
2. Apatan-Lusay . Kimberly F. . December 2020 . Thimuay Mbeng and the Imbing Clan: Their Role in the Christianization of the Subanen in Lapuyan, Zamboanga Peninsula (1912-1946) . Academia Lasalliana Journal of Education and Humanities . 2 . 35-49.
3. Web site: Elago . Marilou C. . Dando . Rhea Felise A. . Pizon . Jhoan Rhea L. . Galang . Rainier M. . Sia . Isidro C. . Phase II Documentation of Philippine Traditional Knowledge and Practices on Health and Development of Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health for Selected Ethnolinguistic Groups: The SUBANEN people of Salambuyan, Lapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur . live . https://archive.today/20210927034221/https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.tkdlph.com/index.php/files/9/Ethno-research/24/10.5.5.2+Final+report+of+Subanen+Zamboanga+del+Sur.pdf%3Fpreview%3D1&embedded=true . 2021-09-27 . 2021-09-27 . Philippine Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health .