Shariff Kabunsuan Festival 2016 Guinakit Fluvial Parade 4

The guinakit, alternatively spelled as ginakit, refers to a

Maguindanaon Maguindanao (, Jawi: ), Maguindanaon or Magindanao is an Austronesian language spoken by a majority of the population of Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur in the Philippines. It is also spoken by sizable minorities in different par ...

boat which was used by royalty. It was historically used to navigate the coastal and inland waters of

Mindanao Mindanao ( ) ( Jawi: مينداناو) is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of ...

. ''Guinakit'' comes from the

word for a "convoy of boats". A fluvial parade of ''guinakit'' is customary for the Shariff Kabunsuan Festival which commemorates the arrival of

Sharif Kabungsuwan Shariff Muhammed Kabungsuwan''Ang Bayan Sa Labas Ng Maynila'' (2008), pg 195 ( Malay: ''Muhammad Kebungsuwan'', Jawi: شريف کبوڠسووان) was the first Sultan of Maguindanao in the Philippines. A native of Johore in Maritime Southeast ...

in mainland Mindanao and the introduction of Islam in the area. Kabunsuan, a missionary, is believed to have rode a ''guinakit''. It is also the feature of the Pakaradyan Festival, a festival commemorating the establishment of the town of

Malapatan Malapatan, officially the Municipality of Malapatan ( ceb, Lungsod sa Malapatan; tl, Bayan ng Malapatan; mdh, Inged nu Malapatan), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Sarangani, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a pop ...

Sarangani Sarangani, officially the Province of Sarangani ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sarangani; hil, Kapuoran sang Sarangani; Maguindanaon: ''Dairat nu Sarangani'', Jawi: دايرت نو سارڠني; fil, Lalawigan ng Sarangani), is a province in the Philipp ...

province.

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