Thimuay (also spelledthimuway,timuay, andthimuway, among other variations) is the name of the most senior ancestral leader among theSubanon people of theZamboanga Peninsula in thePhilippines. Less senior ancestral leaders are called "datu", just as they are elsewhere in the Philippines.Thimuay is equivalent to the titles "lakan", "sultan", or "rajah" in other Philippine cultures.
A greatly honoredthimuay is sometimes additionally called athimuay labi, with the word "labi" simply being a descriptor meaning "highest" or most senior. In predominantly Muslim Subanon communities, the termsolotan is sometimes used instead ofthimuay.
Perhaps the most prominent modern-day (20th century)thimuay wasThimuay Imbing (sometimes spelled Mbeng), who led the Subanon people fromLapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur during the Philippines' American colonial period. He is perhaps best known for his role in introducingEvangelical Protestantism (through theChristian and Missionary Alliance Churches of the Philippines) to theSubanon ofLapuyan.
Another prominent thimuay isLucenio Manda, who defended the interests of his community in relation to the mining industry.[1]
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