Jimalalud is a 4th class municipality in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 26,756 people in 5,144 households.

Jimalalud is a 4th class municipality in the province of Negros Oriental. Its name was derived from “hambabalud,” a kind of tree.

The town of Jimalalud celebrates its fiesta called “Sinulog de Jimalalud” every January of the year. It attracts foreign tourists and neighboring people as they celebrate their fiesta accompanied by street dancing, beauty pageants and other related events that enliven the celebration.

Born from widespread devotion to the Santo Niño, the festival follows the more popular sinulog traditions including the religious conversion of the Moro population. The festival preludes the town fiesta honoring the Holy child. The streetdancing and a grand showdown dramatize the Santo Niño's presence in the varied pursuits of Jimalalud's different sectors. Another crowd-drawing highlight is the rousing traditional horsefight, the “Paaway sa Kabayo.”

 

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