Attractions
Museo Ampon Simpanan Kabiasnan ning Minalin
Minalin's museum and library on the town plaza in San Nicolas.
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Town
Minalin
Home of Aguman Sanduk, the New Year festival where men dress as beauty queens, and the Egg Basket of Central Luzon.
Minalin is a municipality of 15 barangays with about 48,000 residents at the 2020 census. Farming, fishing and trade are the main livelihoods, with tilapia, shrimp and crabs among its products, and the town is known as the Egg Basket of Central Luzon.
Minalin is famous for Aguman Sanduk, a New Year celebration in which the town's men dress as beauty queens and ride through the streets on floats.
The Santa Monica Parish Church in Barangay San Nicolas is about 400 years old, combining pre-colonial motifs with European Catholic iconography.
Good to know about Minalin
What is Aguman Sanduk?
A New Year celebration in Minalin in which the town's men dress as beauty queens and ride through town on festive floats. It is held on the afternoon of New Year's Day.
Why is Minalin called the Egg Basket of Central Luzon?
For its egg production. Tilapia, shrimp and crabs are also major local products.
How old is the Minalin church?
The Santa Monica Parish Church in Barangay San Nicolas is about 400 years old.
Things to do in Minalin
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Santa Monica Parish Church, Minalin
National Cultural Treasure with four unique capillas posas, twin hexagonal towers and a mural map dated 1619 in its convent.
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Upcoming events in Minalin
Fri
1
Jan
Fri, Jan 1
Aguman Sanduk 2027, Minalin
Minalin's New Year tradition: the town's men dress as beauty queens and ride through the streets on floats.
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Sun
9
May
Sun, May 9
Feast of Santa Monica, Minalin 2027
Minalin's feast of its patron, Saint Monica, kept on the second Sunday of May at its National Cultural Treasure church.
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Itineraries & guides in Minalin
Itineraries
A morning in Minalin: capillas posas and a 1619 mural
A short heritage stop in Minalin: the four capillas posas, the twin towers, the convent mural and the town museum.
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Travel Guides
Watching Aguman Sanduk in Minalin
What to expect at Minalin's New Year's Day parade of men in gowns, and how to enjoy it respectfully.
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Latest stories in Minalin
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Aguman Sanduk: Minalin's New Year in a gown
Since 1934, the men of Minalin have greeted the year in dresses, make-up and their wives' jewellery. The story of Aguman Sanduk.
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History
Minalin, the egg basket of Luzon
A small town that lays a million eggs a day, and how it got its name from a church that moved.
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The Minalin mural and the capillas posas
A 1619 painted map, four patio chapels and a hidden carved heart: why Minalin's church is a National Cultural Treasure.
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