WIRE — THIS YEAR'S MaArte Fair reclaims the word "carnival" and pays tribute to carnival queens. The theme, "Karnabal," centers on the Manila Carnival that was held from 1908 to 1939. The Manila Carnival showed off Manila's best, and even its best-looking women, crowning carnival queens every year (setting Filipinos on a path to present-day pageant fever).
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