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 World Surf League Qualifying Series 6000 event at Cloud 9, and the biggest surfing week of the year on the island.
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.
A harvest and pork festival in the town of Camiling, held in the last week of October, just before All Saints' Day. It gives thanks for the crop and for the year's meat, above all the chicharon that Ilocanos call bagnet. The other food of the week is …
A festival of roast pig, held on October 15 for Saint Teresa of Avila, the patron saint of the city. Talisay is called the Lechon Capital of Cebu, and its lechon goes by the local name inasal. Carcar is the other town in the province known for it. …
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