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German visitors to promote NMI
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Posted on Oct 20 1999
The sights and sounds of the Northern Marianas will be seen and heard by 26.6 million listeners all over Germany and its neighboring countries in a first ever telecast in Europe by a major radio and television station.
Two editors from Cologne, Germany are arriving today from on Saipan for a five-day visit. Adrea Stopp and Daniela Wiesler will cover Saipan for the weekly cultural travel journal “Sonntagsspaziergang-Reisenotizen aus Deutschland und der Welt”, a 90-minute national public radio program. The program features in-depth travel stories that describes the culture, history and the people of destinations they cover.
In Deutchse Well International Radio and TV, which is broadcast all over the world, a 20-30 minute feature story of the Northern Marianas will include geography, environment and special focus on the centennial anniversary of the German administration in the NMI.
While in Saipan, Stopp and Wiesler will interview Chamorros and Carolinians and visit historical sites, attend social and religious events to hear local music, taste the food and feel the hospitality of the Marianas.
An interview will be conducted with the remaining children and grandchildren of Herman Woitschek, a medical aide during the German administration in Saipan.
Jovie Tomokane, a granddaughter of Woitschsek is coordinating the meeting. Tomokane’s mother, Asuncion Cabrera Blanco, is the daughter of Woitschek.
Legends of the Taotao-monas stirred the interest of the visitors and thus visitors will also be traveling to Rota and Tinian.
According to Carmen Gaskins, the visit by German journalists will provide opportunities for the CNMI to be showcased in Europe.
