Negros, the Sugar Bowl of the Philippines with a land area of 13,328 km² (5,146 square mi.) It is the 4th largest Island in the Philippines. Vast areas of sugarcane plantations that can take your breathe away when you are viewing it from above. These photos taken on my way from from Cebu around 4pm...
The Masskara Festival is made to show the hardships of the people of Negros. The mask or masskara depicts the Negrense’s happy spirit, in spite of periodic economic downturns in the sugar industry in the mid 80’s. “Masskara” is a portmanteau word from: mass, meaning crowd, and the Spanish word cara, for face. Thus the...