Posted on October 30th, 2007 by mvg.
Categories: Features, Festivals.
Jojie Alcantara
Witerary
MASSKARA is coined from two words: mass, for crowd, and the Spanish word cara, for face — hence, a double meaning for “mask” and “many faces”. The Masskara festival was first conceived in 1980 to add color and cheer to the Bacolod City’s celebration of its Charter Day anniversary on October 19.
The symbol of the festival is a smiling mask — adopted by the organizers to dramatize the Negrenses’ happy spirit despite periodic economic crises experienced in the sugar industry. (more)
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