Guimbal is a 4th class municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 27,707 people in 5,310 households.
A closer fact compared to some other writings is that the name of the town was derived from a musical instrument called Guimbal, sometimes called by other researchers as gimba. The guimbal was one of the ancient musical instruments of the Spanish Panayanos. It is described as a drum usually thirty centimeters high and twenty centimeters in diameters, made from a hollowed trunk of a palm tree, cut and covered with either goat or deer skin. The guimbal or gimba as its variation, sometimes also spelled gimbal is confirmed as an ancient Malay instrument.
We had lunch in my officamate's residence, 45 mins. to 1 hour travel from the city. I took this pic outside their gate which is located on the mountain top before the guimbal steel bridge.
As we passed by the town plaza on our way back to the city, I immediately took this pic for a chance. The For more information just visit the guimbal website.
14 comments:
What a nice place! First time i heard about Guimbal. :)
Happy Fiesta sa mga taga Guimbal!
Maganda yang town na yan. Thanks sa pagcomment Josh!
Mrs T, namiss mo rin ba ang mga fiesta?
I've been to Iloilo nun high school pa ako. That was my first and latest trip there. LOL. Di kami nagtagal sa City kasi dun kami nag-stay sa mga cousins ko at sa lola ko sa Batad at sa Estancia. :) Sana nga makarating ako dyan sa Guimbal next time. I'm planning to tour around the Phils pero sa ngayon pakonti-konti muna. :)
i envy u. parang sa mga blogs mo nalibot mo na buong pinas. ako i pity myself. parang kulang pa kaalaman ko sa mga lugar sa pinas. nauna pa sa ibang bansa.waaaaaaa...
nice pics redlan. parang im travelling na din with ur posts. thanks for the knowledge for each places :D
I never been to guimbal Redlan.... Hey tong visit nyo sa guimaras gave me an idea about my bakasyon dira....! Gusto ko man magbisita didto he-he....! Madala ko dayon fishing-rods kay sigurado pamunit gid ang una ko nga activity ha-ha....!
May roots ka pala dito @ Mel. Wow, I never been in Estancia pa. Maganda dun ang palaisdaan at malapit sa dapat. Buti ka pa.
Ako rin gusto ko magpunta sa iba't ibang lugar sa pilipinas.
Sana malibot ko ang buong pilipinas @ Jackie. Around Visayas area pa lamang ako nakapunta. Gusto kung puntahan ang baguio, tagaytay, ilocos, etc. I am a nature lover.
Maswerte ka pa rin, nakapunta ka na sa ibang bansa. Sa takdang panahon babalikan mo rin naman ang pilipinas diba?
Ingat ka dyan palagi!
That's a kewl plan @ Pepe. U can tour around guimaras. Cheap naman ang magastos mo kasi marami na ang means of transportation dun. Marami ng jeep. Pwede ka magrent in affordable cost. Pwede ka mag island hopping for just 4hundred plus in first one hour plus 150/hr in excess.
Hey nice post about guimbal... I know nothing about it except that I need to pass through it to go to other places... haha :P
anyways what was the name of your other blog again? :D I wanted to include it in my sunday post but I forgot its name. :D
Hehehe @ Allen. U will pass it when u go to antique.
My other blog is not really active. di ko masyado maupdate yun. Mahirap ma manage ng dalawang blog. it's philippinesalad.blogspot.com
Thanks sa pagcomment. Buti nafix kaagad ang laptop mo. gamay lang gintandog okay na.
Yup! Dun kami sumakay ng barko pa-Manila. :)
My mom is from Iloilo and I can understand Ilonggo. Trying ahrd nga lang ako magsalit ng dialect na yun. ;)
Kaw ha, may dugo ring ilonggo. ambot sa imu da. hehehe.
Nice to know u ilonggo!
Thanks Mel!
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