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BACOLOD City – The entry of Ferdinand Macalisang of Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental bested 116 others to top the 2016 MassKara Festival photo contest.
The entries were taken during the festival held in October and submitted right after to the Silver MassKara Festival Office. The sheer number of entries stretched the judging for several weeks.
Macasilang will receive P10,000 cash prize.
The first runner-up was the entry of Butch Toong who would receive P7,000.
Jesse Narrazo’s entry was second runner-up for the P5,000 cash prize.
Macasilang and Narazzo also got consolation prizes for their other entries.
Aside from the two, the other consolation prize winners were the entries from Michol Sanchez, Francisco Pajares Jr., Neriza Tavera, Michael Siy, and Jeffrey Delmo. They will receive P2,000 prize each.
Winners can bring their identification papers to claim their prizes at the Silver MassKara Festival Office.
The contest, conducted with the Camera Club of Negros, was open to all accredited photographers during the festival.
All accredited photographers of the photo contest submitted 8×12-sized printed photos which went through blind judging — names and locations of photographers were not revealed to the judges.
The judges were Tanya Lopez, Bamboo Tunogbanua and Laarni Aguilar.
The word “MassKara” is a portmanteau coined by the late artist Ely Santiago from “mass” (a multitude of people), and the Spanish word “cara” (face), thus forming “MassKara” (a multitude of faces).
The word is also a pun on “mascara”, Filipino for “mask” (itself from Spanish “mascara”), since a prominent feature of the festival are the masks worn by participants, which are always adorned with smiling faces./PN
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