Region in Visayas · 4 provinces and cities
A street festival of masked dancers, held every year on the fourth Sunday of October. The masks give the festival its name: Pista sang Maskara in Hiligaynon. The smiling faces on them are why Bacolod is called the City of Smiles. The city started the festival in 1980, …
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A week of parades and town booths, held in Dumaguete every October. Each town and city in Negros Oriental keeps a booth with its own products and its own sights, and the province calls the week its festival of festivals. A float parade and a street dancing competition …
The festival of festivals: every town and city of Negros Oriental brings its own festival to Dumaguete for ten days, with booths, street dancing and a food fair.
