Image from Masskara Festival Facebook page BACOLOD CITY - President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and First Lady Louise "Liza" Araneta-Marcos are expected as the guests of honor during the Masskara Festival, which returns in October after a two-year respite due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said he has extended the invitation to the first couple while his son, Victorias City Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez, has also invited presidential son, Ilocos Norte First District Representative Ferdinand Alexander "Sandro" Marcos, to attend the festival. "I have personally invited the President and the First Lady and their family. Mayor Javi(er) has also invited his close friend, Congressman Sandro. All of them have confirmed (to come)," Benitez said during the gala event for the Masskara Festival sponsors at the Stonehill Suites on Sunday afternoon. This year's festival, themed "Balik Yuhum", which translates to
BACOLOD CITY (PNA) – Performers from 30 barangays will compete in the highly anticipated return of the street dance and “electric” performing float competitions during the 43rd edition of the Masskara Festival in October.
The official list released by organizers as of Friday, August 5, showed 16 b
(Image from Masskara Festival Facebook page) BACOLOD CITY - Performers from 30 barangays will compete in the highly-anticipated return of the street dance and "electric" performing float competitions during the 43rd edition of Masskara Festival this October. The official list released by organizers as of Friday showed 16 villages will participate in the street and arena dance competition and 14 others, in the Electric Masskara showcase. Among the competitors in the street and arena dance tilt, which is part of the final-day highlights of the festival are former champions, barangays Estefania and Granada. Unlike other fiestas in the country held in honor of their respective patron saints, Masskara Festival is different as this event celebrates the Bacolodnon's tenacity in conquering hardships such as the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. The MassKara will be back two years after it was shelved due to the threats of the challenges brought about by the deadly vir