Bacolod Masskara Festival Streetdance Competition Coverage

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They didn’t call Bacolod the “City of Smiles” for nothing!
The Masskara Festival started in the early 80s.  That was a time for crisis in the city with a sunken ship and the sugarcane crisis.  It was bad times for the people of Bacolod.  The artists and the government worked to hold a Festival in that year.  This was intended to turn the gloomy atmosphere of the city and turn it into an activity that would give the people hope.  Indeed it was the city of smiles.  After may years of celebrating this, it is proof that the people of Bacolod can rise up to any challenge and move on to a positive light.
And alas –
I’m back in my hometown!
I have never really experienced being in the streets during Masskara Festival even […]

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