It is the Masskara Festival month in Bacolod City. Masskara literally means many faces. It was coined by Ely Santiago, a painter, cartoonist, and cultural artist who depicted in his art works the many faces of Negrenses beset with various crises in the 1970s. Originally, the masks reflected the people’s grief over the loss of their numerous loved ones when, in 1979, Negros Navigation’s luxury liner MS Don Juan collided with a tanker.
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