Santa Monica Church (Minalin Pampanga)
There are several accounts about the town's original name. Minalis was one, a local dialect meaning move to another place. Minalis has a basis when the original church was moved to it's present location. The other was "Minalinda delos Mujeres" meaning the place of beautiful ladies. There was quite a resemblance from this name to their quiant folklore. Every new year afternoon when most of the people resting from the new year's eve, the town feast whatthey call "Aguman Sanduc" (fellowship of the Laddle". Aguman Sanduc was over seventy years now and still surviving. The men of the town gather together in groups and fundly dress up to feminine, and parade themselves to the townproper at the townspeople's grace. The church was one of the finest from it's retablo like facade with two towers, to the interiors. The annex building was also a good one with an ancient mural painting on one of it's walls that up to now remains uninterpreted. At present one of the rooms of the annex building was used for their town museum. One of those few preserved retablo mayor was to be found inside, with several Agustinian saints on it's niches, including a basrelief of Santa Monica praying to Nuestra Senora dela Correa. The church patio is another unique one, havin four of it's corner fence with rare Capilla de posas (brick layered niche with saint images inside.
There was a recent discovery during the renovation of the church. The group visit of Kamaru found on the logs of the church trusses an ancient inscription. This item is one of those in display at the museum.
There are several accounts about the town's original name. Minalis was one, a local dialect meaning move to another place. Minalis has a basis when the original church was moved to it's present location. The other was "Minalinda delos Mujeres" meaning the place of beautiful ladies. There was quite a resemblance from this name to their quiant folklore. Every new year afternoon when most of the people resting from the new year's eve, the town feast whatthey call "Aguman Sanduc" (fellowship of the Laddle". Aguman Sanduc was over seventy years now and still surviving. The men of the town gather together in groups and fundly dress up to feminine, and parade themselves to the townproper at the townspeople's grace. The church was one of the finest from it's retablo like facade with two towers, to the interiors. The annex building was also a good one with an ancient mural painting on one of it's walls that up to now remains uninterpreted. At present one of the rooms of the annex building was used for their town museum. One of those few preserved retablo mayor was to be found inside, with several Agustinian saints on it's niches, including a basrelief of Santa Monica praying to Nuestra Senora dela Correa. The church patio is another unique one, havin four of it's corner fence with rare Capilla de posas (brick layered niche with saint images inside.
There was a recent discovery during the renovation of the church. The group visit of Kamaru found on the logs of the church trusses an ancient inscription. This item is one of those in display at the museum.
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