{"id":181568,"date":"2014-10-10T04:00:05","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T18:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=181568"},"modified":"2014-10-10T04:00:05","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T18:00:05","slug":"mva-international-festival-cultures-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mva-international-festival-cultures-success\/","title":{"rendered":"MVA: International Festival of Cultures a success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Marianas Visitors Authority has declared its newest annual signature event, the International Festival of Cultures, a resounding success after four consecutive weekends of festivities at Paseo de Marianas in Garapan, Saipan.<\/p>\n<p>With 19 cultures represented, the festival offered live performances, international cuisine, arts and crafts, and cultural demonstrations from 5pm to 11pm. The festival was organized in conjunction with the Commonwealth Council for Arts &#038; Culture and PDM Promoters. <\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-181568 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mva-international-festival-cultures-success\/mva-pix1\/'>MVA-pix1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-181570'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Bangladesh community participates in the Parade of Cultures on Dec. 4, 2014, in conjunction with the International Festival of Cultures on Saipan. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mva-international-festival-cultures-success\/mva-pix3\/'>MVA-pix3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-181571'>\n\t\t\t\tA representative of the Polynesian community dons traditional attire for the Parade of Cultures on Dec. 4, 2014, in conjunction with the International Festival of Cultures on Saipan. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mva-international-festival-cultures-success\/mva-pix4\/'>MVA-pix4<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-181572'>\n\t\t\t\tThe communities of Samoa, American Samoa, Fiji, and Tonga participate in the Parade of Cultures on Dec. 4, 2014, in conjunction with the International Festival of Cultures on Saipan. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mva-international-festival-cultures-success\/mva-pix6\/'>MVA-pix6<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-181573'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Mariana Islands Chamorro and Carolinian communities lead the Parade of Cultures on Dec. 4, 2014, in conjunction with the International Festival of Cultures on Saipan. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cBy all accounts, the International Festival of Cultures was a resounding success,\u201d said MVA Community Projects manager Martin Duenas. \u201cThe culture groups represented in the organizing committee really put their hearts into making this first festival a success, and our visitors and the local community were all able to greatly enjoy their efforts. Every week there were recommendations from the committee on how to improve the event. We couldn\u2019t have done it without them.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Participating cultural communities were Japan, Mariana Islands (Chamorro and Carolinian) Kosrae, Palau, Chuuk, China, Bangladesh, Korea, the Philippines, New Zealand, Hawaii, Cook Islands, Marquesas, Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga and Fiji. A Parade of Culture was also held on the final Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs long as we can continue to work with our cultural communities, we look forward to holding the International Festival of Cultures again next year,\u201d said Duenas.<\/p>\n<p>Nightly photos from the event are posted on the MVA Facebook page: My Marianas (Marianas Visitors Authority). <strong>(MVA)<\/strong><em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Marianas Visitors Authority has declared its newest annual signature event, the International Festival of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":181570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[411,884,165,466],"class_list":["post-181568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-bangladesh","tag-cook-islands","tag-new-zealand","tag-tonga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}