MassKara Festival
The MassKara Festival is an annual festival with highlights held in Bacolod, Philippines on the 4th Sunday of October. The Bacolod Public Plaza, the Lacson Tourism Strip, and the Bacolod Government Center are among the festival's locations.
The festival's mask motif has shifted from masks inspired by local Filipinos to masks inspired by the Carnival of Venice and the Carnival of Rio. Traditional masks were hand-painted and embellished with feathers, flowers, and local beads, but modern masks are embellished with plastic beads and sequins.
People from all walks of life flock to the streets to see masked dancers gyrating to the pace of Latin musical beats in a demonstration of expertise, gaiety, coordination, and stamina at the festival's street dance competition. The MassKara Queen beauty pageant, carnivals, drum and bugle corps contests, cuisine festivals, sports events, musical performances, agriculture-trade fairs, garden exhibits, and other special events are among the major activities held each year.
Date: Fourth Sunday of October
