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Zamboanga
Hermosa
This festival
is celebrated in dedication to Nuestra Senora del Pilar, the patron saint
of the city and is held from 10 to 12 October. Some of the activities
featured during this festival are cultural performances, exhibitions,
religious ceremonies, regattas and of course, the selection of Miss Zamboanga.
Masskara
Festival
On the weekend
nearest to 19 October, the biggest party in Bacalod is scheduled to take
place. Bacalod is the capital city of the country's sugar-producing province
of Bocalenos. The Masskara Festival comes from the word masskara meaning
'mask' and 'many faces'. This festival was first thought of in 1980 to
enliven up the city's celebration of its Charter Day anniversary. A smiling
mask, which is the symbol of the fiesta was conceived by the organizers
to show the happy spirit of the Negrenses despite experiencing bad times
in the sugar industry.
People from
all over the islands of Visayas crowd to the town plaza throughout the
week to join in with the locals in partying and having a great time in
mask-making contests, greased-pig catching games, sack races, pole climbing
and many other contests as well as sports competitions.
Masks take
center stage at the Sunday Masskara parade as brightly clothed-men and
women wearing mask of dimpled, grinning and laughing faces made from clay
or papier-mâché dance on the streets. Every group of organizations is
represented in the festival as they compete for prizes in the selecting
process that will take place in the afternoon.
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