The Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office, together with the Liberation Day Committee and Skywalker Communications Group, is seeking permission to set up a statue of Animu, the Liberation Day mascot.<\/p>\n
According to Mayor David M. Apatang, the committee and the group wrote a letter to the Department of Public Lands about this.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are communicating with Public Lands,\u201d Apatang said. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to find a place for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The letter, according to Apatang, sought to set up an appointment with DPL to talk about the building of the Animu statue but the department cancelled the meeting.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re supposed to meet and discuss but they cancelled and they said that most likely the Secretary [of Public Lands] will approve,\u201d Apatang said.<\/p>\n
Apatang wasn\u2019t able to give specifications on the statue with regards to its size and what material will be used other than that it will be big and permanent.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs long as they don\u2019t deface it or anything like that,\u201d Apatang said.<\/p>\n
He said they are looking at the Paseo de Marianas in Garapan as the place where to have a statue or two of Animu.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the place where people go to. The tourists\u2026can stand there in front of Animu and take a picture,\u201d Apatang said.<\/p>\n
Starting last 4th of July, Animu is and will be the Liberation Day mascot for years to come. It is a latte stone-shaped figure but personified and named after a Chamorro word for encouragement.<\/p>\n
Apatang said Animu will not replace the Saipan-da mascot.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not trying to replace Saipan-da. Saipan-da is the CNMI mascot for tourism, this one is a Liberation Day mascot,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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