MassKara Festival

E96804
annual festival cultural festival

MassKara Festival is a vibrant annual celebration in Bacolod City, Philippines, known for its colorful smiling masks, street dancing, and lively music that symbolize resilience and joy.

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Label Occurrences
MassKara Festival canonical 9
MassKara Queen pageant 1
Masskara Festival 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf annual festival ⓘ
cultural festival ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Festival of Smiles ⓘ
MassKara Festival ⓘ
surface form: Masskara Festival
associatedWith Bacolod ⓘ
surface form: Bacolod City Government

tourism in Bacolod City ⓘ
citySlogan City of Smiles ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
hasActivity live music ⓘ
street dancing ⓘ
street parties ⓘ
hasCharacteristic colorful smiling masks ⓘ
hasTheme joy ⓘ
optimism ⓘ
resilience ⓘ
hasVisualStyle bright colors ⓘ
festive street décor ⓘ
smiling faces ⓘ
heldInMonth October ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Filipino ⓘ
Hiligaynon language ⓘ
surface form: Hiligaynon
locatedIn Bacolod ⓘ
surface form: Bacolod City

Negros Occidental ⓘ
Western Visayas ⓘ
mainEvent MassKara Festival self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: MassKara Queen pageant

concerts ⓘ
food fairs ⓘ
street dance competition ⓘ
musicGenre Latin-inspired music ⓘ
contemporary pop music ⓘ
originContext MV Don Juan maritime tragedy ⓘ
economic crisis in the 1980s ⓘ
sugar industry slump in Negros ⓘ
purpose to promote tourism ⓘ
to showcase Bacolod culture ⓘ
to uplift community spirit ⓘ
region Visayas ⓘ
relatedTo Ati-Atihan Festival ⓘ
Philippine festivals ⓘ
Sinulog Festival ⓘ
startYear 1980 ⓘ
symbolizes happiness despite adversity ⓘ
resilience of Bacolodnons ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
uses elaborate costumes ⓘ
smiling masks ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Visayas → festival → MassKara Festival ⓘ
Western Visayas → hasFestival → MassKara Festival ⓘ
Negros Occidental → knownFor → MassKara Festival ⓘ
Negros Occidental → hasFestival → MassKara Festival ⓘ
MassKara Festival → alsoKnownAs → MassKara Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masskara Festival
MassKara Festival → mainEvent → MassKara Festival self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: MassKara Queen pageant
Bacolod → hasFestival → MassKara Festival ⓘ
Bacolod → knownFor → MassKara Festival ⓘ
Hiligaynon people → traditionalFestival → MassKara Festival ⓘ
Sugarbowl of the Philippines → hasFestival → MassKara Festival ⓘ
subject surface form: Negros Occidental
Ilonggo people → notableFestival → MassKara Festival ⓘ