Horror means profit

By Vincent Cabreza
Inquirer Northern Luzon Bureau

BAGUIO CITY–The summer capital’s signature fog lends atmosphere to old stories about its wandering ghosts, and that always means profit for local businesses.

Frequent visitors from Manila still look for the now closed “Spirits Disco” the moment they arrive for the long All Saints’ Day weekend, believing they can finally glimpse the facility’s elusive specter.

But they will more likely encounter street dancers wearing garish monster masks and makeup outside one of the homegrown Tiong San Bazaar buildings here.

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