Masskara Festival 2010, Bacolod City, October 17, 2010
Going to Bacolod for the Masskara Festival has been one of the items on my Bucket List for 2010 since the start if the year. Several weeks ago, fellow travel blogger Jepoi Ordaniel, a native of Bacolod, reminded me to make sure that I don’t miss this year’s Festival and blogged about it.
Together with travel buddy Patrick Mineses, we made a day trip to Bacolod to experience at least a part of the 3-week long festival. We arrived earlier that day and spent most of the morning taking in the city and eating in a few Bacolod famous foodie sites including Chicken House and Calea.
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Wandering around the city in the early morning was amazing. Vendors lined the streets setting up their various festival paraphernalia.
Walking around, we stopped and paid our respects at the Bacolod Cathedral.
After lunch, while witnessed some groups preparing for the afternoon parade.
Photographers are everywhere!
The parade that day got started around 3:30pm
One of the more fascinating sights are the horde’s of photographers. This group of 3 was oddly uniformed in camouflage with matching hydration packs.
The Festival was definitely a colorful festival in the same breadth as Cebu’s Sinulog Festival. Definitely one of the “must see” Philippine Festivals.
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Wow! Very nice photos! I miss Bacolod.
Thanks for all the tips Jepoi.
Yay…missed Masskara a lot of times already!!! Loovvvee the photos Jo
Miss my home…
ang saya! ang ganada ng mga litrato! kaasar! i missed this, wrong timing yung pagka-skedyul ko ng isang trip ko. kaaasar tlga!
I know how that feels. I missed Penafrancia in Naga a few weeks back.
i will definitely go there someday… and hopefully soon. awesome story and photos
Colorful photos – very Mardi Gras!
Made me miss my hometown. Happy new year of more travels and discoveries!
Thanks for visiting AJ!