7.Masskara Festival
Incredible costumes and days of celebrations are typical of Masskara festival in Bacolod City. It’s a giant masquerade party and one of the most fun and most widely known festivals of the Philippines. It’s held in the third week of October, on or around Oct 19th. The festival features a street dance competition where people from all walks of life troop to the streets to see colorfully masked dancers gyrating to the rhythm of Latin musical beats in a display of mastery, gaiety, coordination and stamina.
Major activities include the MassKara Queen beauty pageant, carnivals, drum and bugle corps competitions, food festivals, sports events, musical concerts, agriculture-trade fairs, garden shows, and other special events organized ad-hoc every year.
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