It is Bacolod City's biggest annual event, reflecting the city's love for fun, gaiety and "the sweet life" festivities kick off with food fairs, mask-making contest, brass band competitions, beauty and talent pageants, a windsurfing regatta, drinking and eating contest, trade fairs and exhibits.
When the sugar industry of Negros Occidental dived in the 1980s, economy was in bad shape and people were seriously dislocated. People raised their spirits by encouraging people to smile. The Maskara became the symbol of their unswerving smile.
Held every 3rd weekend of October, the Festival features food fairs, mask-making contests, brass band competitions, beauty pageants, a windsurfing regatta, drinking and eating contests, trade fairs, exhibits and a mardi-gras parade.
The Maskara is celebrated with great pomp and pageantry in Bacolod also known as the City of Smiles which sees teeming crowds of tourist converge in the city for a good time.
The carnival spirit fills the air as the festival climaxes to a Mardi gras parade where revelers don elaborate masks and costumes and dance around the city to Latin rhythms Rio de Janeiro styles.
When the sugar industry of Negros Occidental dived in the 1980s, economy was in bad shape and people were seriously dislocated. People raised their spirits by encouraging people to smile. The Maskara became the symbol of their unswerving smile.
Held every 3rd weekend of October, the Festival features food fairs, mask-making contests, brass band competitions, beauty pageants, a windsurfing regatta, drinking and eating contests, trade fairs, exhibits and a mardi-gras parade.
The Maskara is celebrated with great pomp and pageantry in Bacolod also known as the City of Smiles which sees teeming crowds of tourist converge in the city for a good time.
The carnival spirit fills the air as the festival climaxes to a Mardi gras parade where revelers don elaborate masks and costumes and dance around the city to Latin rhythms Rio de Janeiro styles.
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