If any of you guys know what masskara year this music was used please let me know…. all I know is that this song, Carribean Disco Show, was a big hit in 1981.

You can hear the 2008 Masskara Festival Music in Byahilo’s blog and some of his archives of Bacolod Masskara Music.

Update: My father told me that this is the original music of the masskara festival since the beginning. It ran for several years until the organizers decided to change it every year but my father is not sure what year that started.

Pasalamat Festival Queen

We went to La Carlota City last April 29, 2007 for the Pasalamat Festival – based on the tradition of giving thanks to the Gods of the elements after a bountiful harvest by the ancients in “Buglas”. Our host is also our officemate – Fritz. La Carlota is more or less than 50km away from Bacolod City. As expected, there were so many food! I was not there for the food but for the street dance and also for the Pasalamat drumbeaters – which is, according to the locals, the highlight of the festival. I actually love the beat! The streetdance was expected to start around 2pm but it started around 3:45pm! Why? Because they waited for Loren Legarda! I’m glad it didnt turn out like what happened to Panagbenga Festival.

Anyway, here’s some more photos that I took that day.

Where can you find fairies, princesses, ballerinas, and even the controversial couple Jollibee and Hetty in just one parade? (Oh, I forgot to mention — a whole bunch of politicians, too!) They were all present at the colorful float parade of the Baguio Panagbenga Festival last February 25, 2007.

More pictures are stored on Koolitz’ Flickr account. To view, please click on this link: Panagbenga Festival 2007

February 24-25 was a weekend of flowers, colors, butterflies, jump shots, and nice cool weather! Koolitz and I, along with some friends went to Baguio to experience the Panagbenga Festival also known as the Flower Festival of Baguio. We watched the dance parade on Saturday and the float parade on Sunday. We didn’t really get to watch the whole dance parade though because there were soooo many people! That’s why on Sunday we were already on Session Road as early as 6:30am so we could find a good spot where we can take good pictures of the parade. I particularly loved the floats. I was awed as I watched so many colorful and pretty flowers pass by me. Ack, politicians were everywhere though, taking advantage of the festival to make their campaigns.

Here’s a taste of some of the photos we took:

Mga pulitiko nga naman oh…pati bahag hindi pinakawalan!

Francine Prieto on San Miguel Beer’s float.

Watch out for more pics! We’ll be posting more on our next post.

With 17 members who joined the exhibit, we had 20 pictures (some had double entries) posted on the wall leading to the office pantry where the SIG launching is held. The exhibit is an opportunity for the group to showcase their talents in photography.

Here is Koolitz beside his entry entitled “Masskara”:

This was taken last October, 2006 during the Masskara Festival in Bacolod City.

And here I am beside my “Burnay” entry:

This was taken in Vigan, Ilocos Sur last June, 2006 when we went on a roadtrip to Ilocos with some Flickr friends.