Masskara 2008 draws 33 contingents
Posted on September 3, 2008
The Masskara 2008 celebration has attracted 33 groups to sign up for this year’s street dance competition.
This information was relayed by a staff from the Masskara Organizing Committee. According to them, 11 contingents will be performing for the School Category slated October 16. The remaining 22 groups will fight it out on October 17 during the Barangay Category.
The top three winners in the schools category and the top 10 dance groups from the Barangay Category will perform for the ultimate showdown during the October 18 Masskara Festival 2008 Open Category.
According to sources, several nearby towns in Negros Occidental are interested to join the open category contest. Sources also mentioned one Visayan city and one Luzon province is also interested to join the Masskara Festival 2008 Open Category Street Dance Contest. However, no confirmation has been received yet.
Masskara Festival is an annual festival held in Bacolod City Philippines every thir weekend of October. Highlight of the festival is the dancers dressed in colourful costumes and faces all covered with smiling masks.
The Masskara Festival is the biggest tourism event in Bacolod City. Thousand of tourists both foreign and local troop to the city streets to witness the Philippine’s most colourful festival.
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sarap
lapit na lang..hehehehe exciting
Come and enjoy the celebration here in bacolod
MASSKARA 2008 FESTIVAL
panu gumawa ng mask na 18K daw? meron ba nyan dyan sa bacolod?