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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271024
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SUMMARY:MassKara Festival
URL:https://pinasdex.com/visayas/negros-island/bacolod/visit/events/673-mas
 skara-festival/
LOCATION:Bacolod City
DESCRIPTION:A street festival of masked dancers\, held every year on the fo
 urth Sunday of October. The masks give the festival its name: Pista sang M
 askara in Hiligaynon. The smiling faces on them are why Bacolod is called 
 the City of Smiles.\n\nThe city started the festival in 1980\, a year of v
 ery low sugar prices and of the sinking of the inter-island vessel MV Don 
 Juan\, which carried many Negrenses. Dance groups from schools and from ba
 rangays parade through the streets and then perform on a stage. For severa
 l nights before the highlight weekend\, the Electric MassKara sends dancer
 s in neon and LED lights down the Lacson Strip\, one kilometre of band sta
 ges\, souvenir stands\, exotic car displays and roadside bars. The other f
 estival sites are the Bacolod Public Plaza and the Bacolod City Government
  Center.
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