When To Celebrate?

PyroMagic Festival
Location: Bacolod City
Date of Celebration: December
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Panaad Festival
Location: Bacolod City
Date of Celebration: Month of April
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Discription: What Masskara is to Bacolod, Panaad is to the whole of Negros Occidental. Panaad, dubbed as the mother of all festivals and now on its 11th year of celebration, does not only showcase mask-bearing revelers of Bacolod, but also gaily-clad merrymakers from the many towns and cities of Negros as well as the best of their culture, arts, and world-class products like food, fruits, furniture, baskets and more.


Pinta Flores Festival San Carlos City
Location: San carlos City, Negros Occidental
Date of Celebration: November 3-5
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Discription: This city in the sugar-producing island of Negros Occidental honors its patron saint, San Carlos Borromeo, with a pageant where participants with floral painted bodies dance in rhythmic beat as they wind through the major streets. The festival is inspired by the tattooed Negrenses of pre colonial times.


Babaylan Festival
Location: Bago City
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Discription: The Babaylan Festival, held during the city's charter anniversary celebration, was conceived to highlight a unique brand of Filipino heritage, one that dates back to the pre-Spanish period. This unique festival aims to rediscover the region’s indigenous music, literature, dances, rituals and other artistic endeavors. It explores the Babaylan folktales and other artistic endeavors of the early Bagonhons. Of all figures in the history of Negros Island, the Babaylan is the most colorful and enduring. The Babaylan is a doctor, herbalist, artist, medium, adviser, agriculturist and more, all rolled in one very interesting character. He is the keeper of rituals and spirit agents in normal world. He inspires awe and fear which is the reason it is given much reverence in this festival.


Masskara Festival
Location: Bacolod City
Date of Celebration: October 1-22
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Description: Bacolod will turn up a sea of faces flashing blinding smiles, true to the heart of “masskara”--coined from “mass,” or crowd, and the Spanish “cara” for face. The two combined form the local word for “mask.” The festival was a testament to the stoic nature of the Negrenses, illustrating their cheerful spirit that sees them through downturns, in economy and otherwise. It is also a reminder that no matter how bad the tide turns, Bacolod should not cower in defeat. Thus, a smiling mask has always been used to symbolize the festival.


Mudpack Festival
Location: Murcia, Negros Occidental
Date of Celebration: June 15-25
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Discription: Mudpack Festival is a symbolic celebration of man’s return to primitive time when he was closer to nature. Held every third weekend of June wherein people from all walks of life converge in Mambukal Mountain Resort in Barangay Minoyan, to commit themselves for the protection and conservation of the environment. Mambukal and Mudpack have been top tourism attractions in the town of Murcia and the entire province of Negros Occidental.