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    • MassKara 2011 Official Logo2011 MassKara to focus on new icons

      Bacolod’s skyline and landmarks are changing, an indisputable proof of how the “City of Smiles” had soared higher from being a simple town more than 70 years ago, to the “growth center” that it is now.

      “This year’s MassKara Festival will focus on these new icons—landmarks, structures, institutions, and even personalities—that have dramatically transformed Bacolod in recent years,” festival director Eli Francis Tajanlangit said.Read more »
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    • Lighted Bacolod Public Plaza BandstandRead more »
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    • Electric MassKara Performing Float CompetitionRead more »
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    • MassKara Street Dance CompetitionRead more »
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    • Majica MassKara 2011Majica MassKara 2011
      Dreamers Float Carousel by Charlie Co

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    • MassKara Street DanceMassKara Street DanceRead more »
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    • MassKara 2011 Photo Contest WinnersMassKara 2011 Photo Contest Runner Up

      Photo by Micolo LimRead more »
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    • MassKara 2011 Photo Contest WinnersMassKara 2011 Photo Contest Champion

      Photo by Dan Douglas OngRead more »
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    • MassKara Street DanceRead more »
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    • Feast of Our Lady of the Holy RosaryRead more »
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    • Salute to BacolodRead more »
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    • Masks in the plazaView image »
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    • MassKara Costume ExhibitMassKara Costume ExhibitRead more »
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    • 2011 MassKara Queen PageantThe MassKara Queen pageant is home to the most beautiful Bacoleñas, many of whom, after their coronation as MassKara Queens, also compete in regional and national beauty pageants, and win more crowns.Read more »
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    • Electric MassKara Performing Float CompetitionDaryl Jimenea PhotoRead more »
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    • MassKara Street DanceAs the most anticipated highlight of the festival, the MassKara Street and Arena Dance Competition has made theMassKara Festival one of the happiest festivals in the Philippines. Hundreds of dancers, in all sizes and shapes, wearing smiling masks and colorful costumes, gyrate to the sound of infectious rhythm as they dance through the major streets of Bacolod leading to the Public Plaza, the official venue of the Arena Dance competition.Read more »
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    • MassKara Costume ExhibitMassKara Costume Exhibit

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    • LCC Giant MassKara PuppetsRead more »
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    • MassKara Street DanceRead more »
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Category Archives: Media Gallery

PNP reports zero casualty during 19-day MassKara

City Police Office Director, Senior Supt. Ricardo de la Paz, reported yesterday zero casualties as the 19-day celebration of the MassKara Festival 2011 in Bacolod City ended Wednesday. De la Paz attributed Read more [...] Read More »
posted by admin, 21st October 2011 , Categories: Media Gallery

MassKara becoming more popular, attractive–mayor

By Nanette Guadalquiver The News Today October 17, 2011 BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Evelio Leonardia has lauded the Bacoleños for making possible the success of the acclaimed MassKara festival, which he Read more [...] Read More »
posted by admin, 19th October 2011 , Categories: Media Gallery

‘MassKara invigorates people’s spirit of unity’

By Chrysee G. Samillano Visayan Daily Star October 19, 2011 “Every year that we celebrate the MassKara Festival is like a recharging process that invigorates our people, and that is why this is a Read more [...] Read More »
posted by admin, 19th October 2011 , Categories: Media Gallery

Give Bacolod more flights for MassKara, mayor asks

By Chrysee G. Samillano Visayan Daily Star October 7, 2011 Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia has requested the president of Philippine Airlines to consider providing more flights to accommodate visitors Read more [...] Read More »
posted by admin, 6th October 2011 , Categories: Media Gallery

2011 MassKara Festival opens; traffic, security measures ready

By Danny B. Dangcalan The FREEMAN October 1, 2011 BACOLOD CITY, Philippines - The 32nd MassKara Festival opens today (Oct. 1), with organizers and police assuring festival goers that they are "ready, Read more [...] Read More »
posted by admin, 30th September 2011 , Categories: Media Gallery

’32nd MassKara to be massive, colorful’

By Carla N. Canet SunStar Bacolod September 28, 2011 Bacolod City will again be on the limelight with the celebration of the 32nd MassKara festival on October 1 to19. Festival director Eli Francis Read more [...] Read More »
posted by admin, 29th September 2011 , Categories: Media Gallery

MassKara festival takes on religious significance

By Carla N. Canet SunStar Bacolod September 27, 2011 THE 32nd MassKara Festival this year takes on a religious significance with the inclusion of the feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary among Read more [...] Read More »
posted by admin, 29th September 2011 , Categories: Media Gallery

PAL assures MassKara of flights amid spin off

A Philippine Airlines (PAL) official yesterday explained that PAL’s spin-off or outsourcing of its non-core businesses set to take effect on October 1 is necessary to ensure PAL’s survival and enhance Read more [...] Read More »
posted by admin, 27th September 2011 , Categories: Media Gallery

Bacolod notes increase in hotel room bookings for MassKara

More hotels are getting booked in time for the world-renowned MassKara Festival next month, a government press release said. Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia said that as early as three months before Read more [...] Read More »
posted by admin, 27th September 2011 , Categories: Media Gallery

City SP approves P7.2M for MassKara, other needs

An ordinance appropriating P7,204,813.16 to be taken from the underestimated Internal Revenue Allotment of the city for August and September 2011, requested by Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia in preparation Read more [...] Read More »
posted by admin, 19th September 2011 , Categories: Media Gallery
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