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MassKara Festival 2018 Activities & Events:

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The much-awaiting MassKara Festival is all set to entertain all of us in October in Bacolod City. Now, once again, we will witness the most colorful and electrifying scenes in the MassKara Festival 2018, as the festival is just around the corner.

So, one must have to travel to Bacolod City to get a lifetime experience of some fantastic scenes in this unbelievable festival.

MassKara Festival Activities and Events:

To be very honest, MassKara Festival is one of the most exciting events around, and without any single doubt, some unique and interesting activities are scheduled during this year. The activities include:

  • MassKara Parade Dance.
  • Electric MassKara.
  • MassKara Queen Beauty Pageant.
  • Street Dance Competition.
  • Run for R.I.C.O.
  • MassKara Festival Music.
  • Mask Making Competitions.
  • Pole Climbing.
  • Nights of Mardi Gras
 

The main highlights of the MassKara Festival Bacolod 2018 are:

MassKara Festival 2017 Parade:

Well, the MassKara Parade is one of the main highlights of the festival. In this activity, the participants march and gather in the streets of Bacolod City. The partakers of the parade are dressed in beautiful and brightest attires along with some unique masks as well.

MassKara Festival Parade
MassKara Festival Parade

To be honest, you can’t imagine the breathtaking view of the parade, when the participants outfitted in colorful costumes march along with the beats of drums and music.

So, I think the Masskara Parade is something extraordinary for the entertainment seekers.

Musical Concerts:

Musical Concerts are part and parcel of the Masskara festival. Honestly, music holds a great value in this festival, and the concerts of the musicians attract a massive crowd in the event.

So, it’s a treat for a music lover to get the pleasure of music alongside some other activities in the festival of smiles.

Physical Activities:

The MassKara Festival Activities are not only limited to parades and street dancing. It’s a month long celebrated the festival, and there are plenty more to offer for all of you.

If you are a fitness geek and love to be the part of any physical contest like pole climbing, racing or even marathon, then MassKara festival is the best thing for you along with some other mind blowing activities.

Marathon

If you are a fitness geek and love to be the part of any physical contest like pole climbing, racing or even marathon, then MassKara festival is the best thing for you along with some other mind-blowing activities.

Masskara Queen: 

MassKara Queen
MassKara Queen

MassKara Queen is one of the most exciting events in the festival, where a Queen is selected in a local beauty Pageant in the city of Bacolod.

This competition holds a vital importance for the local people, and the participants have to work hard to keep themselves in the MassKara Queen Beauty Pageant.

Valerie Escamilla from John B. Lacson Colleges Foundation was declared the “MassKara Queen” in the last MassKara Festival 2016. 

Celebrations and Fireworks:

The celebrations of the Masskara Festival are just out of this world. In the entire month of October, the Bacolod city celebrates the festival with dancing, singing and showcasing their talents.

Honestly, it is the only festival where you get the fun of carnivals, thrilling action of the marathon, unbelievable beauty contests and incredible cultural heritage at the same time.

So, I highly recommend you to get a life experience of the Bacolod MassKara Festival at least once in your life.

MassKara 2018 Street Dance Competition Confirmed

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Well, the latest news about the Street Dance & Arena Competition is that there are 15 Barangays and 11 Schools are participating in this event.

BREAKING NEWS
The breaking news is that;

The defending champions Barangay Granada is not competing in this year’s street dancing competition, and that’s somewhat a shocking news for many people for sure.

The Street Dancing Competition is one of the main highlights of the MassKara Festival 2018 and not only that but also it’s the most popular event of this festival.

Participants of the Street Dancing Competition:

There are two categories in the Street Dance Competition, These are:

  • Barangay Division:
  • Street Division.

Barangay Division Competitors:

Here are the FIFTEEN Barangays, that will perform in MassKara Street Dancing Competition In 2018.

Barangay Tangub, Barangay Banago, Barangay Pahanocoy, Barangay 5, Barangay 7, Barangay 8, Barangay Alijis, Barangay 15, Barangay 18, Barangay Mandalagan, Barangay 26, Barangay 29, Barangay Punta Taytay, Barangay 39, and Barangay 40.

Street Dancing Competition
Street Dancing Competition

Now, the School Division is divided into two types.

  • Elementary School Division.
  • Secondary School Division.

Elementary School Division Competitors:

  1. Banago Elementary School II (District I).
  2. Bata ES II (District II).
  3. Mabini ES (District III).
  4. Handumanan ES I (District IV)
  5. Luis Puentevella ES (District V).
  6. Education and Training Center School (ETCS) -I (District VI).
  7. Mariano G. Medalla Intergrated School (District VII).

Secondary School Division Competitors:

  1. Domingo Lacson National High School (Unit I).
  2. Romanito Maravilla NHS (Unit II).
  3. Bacolod City NHS (Unit III).
  4. Paglaum NHS (Unit IV).

Apart from that, another great news is that there will be separate winners for both, Elementary and Secondary School Division in the Masskara Street dancing Competition 2018. Development of Education Division of Bacolod City and the Silver MassKara Festival Organization are the partners of Street dance School category.

Schedule:

8th October MassKara Festival Opening, 26th October Electric MassKara Performing Floats Competition, October 27th Street Dance, Arena and the School’s competition will be held whereas the Barangay Divison competition will be on 28th of October on Sunday.

Timings:

The Street Dance Competition will start at 3 pm, whereas the Arena competition will begin at 4 pm.

Location:

The exact location for you to enjoy this fantastic event is the Lizares-Araneta Streets Bacolod. Here is the map of the exact venue.

MassKara Festival 2018 Schedule of Activities

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The most awaited Bacolod MassKara Festival is just around the corner, and almost all the preparations are well and truly underway for a month long celebration and parties.

The good news is that…

The councilor of Bacolod City has announced that the main highlights of the MassKara Festival 2018 will start on the 22nd of October.

MassKara Festival 2018 Schedule:

The MassKara Festival 2018 Schedule is not yet confirmed, but don’t worry, because it’s our promise that we’ll be the first one to inform you about the Bacolod Festival 2018 Schedule of Activities.

Apart from that!!

From our resources, we also manage to get the news that the main highlights of the Festival will start from the Street Dancing Competition.  The School  Dancing Competition School Division will be on 21st of October (Saturday) whereas the Barangay category Dance will be on 22nd of October (Sunday).

Whereas the celebration will start from the very first day of the October. So, one thing is confirmed that the entire month of October will be a fun fiesta in the Bacolod City.

Events in the MassKara Festival 2018:

MassKara Festival 2017 Events
Here are the events and activities you will get in the Bacolod Festival 2018:

  • Street Dancing Competition.
  • Electric MassKara.
  • MassKara Dance Parade.
  • MassKara Queen.
  • Mask-Making Contest.
  • Marathon.
  • Concerts.
  • Traditional MassKara Music.
  • Pole climbing Contests.
MassKara Festival 2017 Schedule
MassKara Festival 2017 Schedule

Below there we have a schedule of Masskara Festival 2017.

Quick Overview of MassKara Festival 2017 Schedule:

Here are some of the activities and events took place in the Bacolod MassKara 2017.

MassKara Festival 2017 Schedule
MassKara Festival 2017 Schedule

October 1:

  • MassKara Queen Press Presentation.
  • Openings of the Carnival Sites.
  • Bugle and Drumming Competition.

October 2:

  • TANDA! “ Sing Na Dance Pa” competition.
  • Sports Fest.

October 5:

  • Senior Citizens Presentation & coronation of Queen.

October 6:

  • Mrs. Bacolod 2016.

October 8:

  • TANDA! First Week Finals.
  • MassKara Queen Talent competition.

October 9:

  • Dog Show (MassKara).
  • TANDA! Eliminations.
  • Swim Suit competition (MassKara Queen).

October 10-12:

  • Nights of Mardi Gras.

October 14:

  • San Miguel Bear Night.

October 15:

  • MassKara Queen Pageant.
  • TANDA! Second Week.
  • VolksKara.

October 16:

  • R,I.C.O Run.
  • Volkskara
  • TANDA! Eliminations.
  • San Miguel Beer Night.

October 17:

  • MassKara Red Party.
  • 1st Bonsai Exhibit.

October 18:

  • Charter day.
  • “4th Bacolod For Jesus.”

October 19:

  • “4th Bacolod For Jesus.”
  • Fireworks competition.

October 20:

  • “4th Bacolod For Jesus.”
  • Electric MassKara.
  • Street Parties.
  • Mayor Bing fireworks competition.

October 21:

  • San Miguel Beer Night.
  • Electric MassKara Floats Competition.
  • Street Dance Parties.
  • Fireworks.

Barangay 18 wins the MassKara Street and Arena Competition

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Barangay 18 has swept everyone in this year’s MassKara Street and Arena Competition. The Barangay 18 is now the Grand Champion of the most anticipating event of the MassKara Festival.  Overall, the Street Dance Competition was just awesome. The viewers have witnessed some of the most amazing and colorful scenes in this year’s competition.MassKara Street and Arena

MassKara Street and Arena Champion:

Barangay 18 has absolutely outclassed all the other opponents in this year arena competition. Not only that but also the Grand Winner has also claimed a lot of other awards on the last day of the MassKara Festival 2018.

The Barangay 18 has secured the following titles apart from the Street Dance and Arena award.

  • Best in Mask Award.
  • Best in Costume Award.
  • Best in Concept Award.
  • Choreography.

So it means that they have clearly overcome all the odds against the other competitors and emerges as the Grand winner of this highly anticipated event.

Runners-up of the MassKara Street Dance 2017:

Barangay 28

1st Runner-up:

Barangay Pta.Taytay bagged the first runner-up position by showcasing some wonderful display of street dancing and music.

2nd Runner-up:

The bright and colorful showcase of costumes presented by Barangay Mandalagan earned them the 2nd runner-up position in the Street Dance Competition.

3rd Runner-up:

As expected, Barangay Tangub is again in the limelight because of their outstanding choreography and dancing skills. Their costumes were simply quite incredible in this year for sure.

4th runner-up:

The 4th Runner-up of the Barangay Alijis is the 4th Runner-up of this year’s MassKara Street dance and Arena Competition.

bacolod mayor

Despite the rainy weather, all the participants in the MassKara Festival highlight performed excellently. Not only that but also the crowd was right behind the participants and that’s created some great scenes for sure.

The Councillor and Vice Mayor of the Bacolod City also participated in the events and enjoyed all the lovely scenes in the festival of smiles.