Organizers of Negros Occidental's 40th MassKara Festival add many new events to make the annual two-week bash 'bigger, bolder, and brighter'
BACOLOD CITY, Philippines – Around 17,000 residents of this city and other towns and cities in Negros Occidental flocked to the new Bacolod government center on Friday night, October 6 for the grand opening of the two-week revelry called the MassKara Festival.
“We had a great festival last year, one of the biggest,” Bacolod Mayor Albee Benitez told reporters on the sidelines of the countdown. Bacolod City received the Aliw Award for Best Festival Practices and Performances in December 2022 for that year’s MassKara Festival.Benitez, a billionaire and close ally of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., has harnessed his gaming and entertainment empire for the festival.
Festival organizer, Bacolod Yuhum Foundation, said the 2023 version features a culinary heritage contest, the MassKaNamit Food Exploration Festival, and a strictly-local trade fair.
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