{"id":217023,"date":"2015-12-21T06:06:49","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T20:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=217023"},"modified":"2015-12-21T06:06:49","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T20:06:49","slug":"2015-christmas-in-the-marianas-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/2015-christmas-in-the-marianas-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Christmas in the Marianas Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOTOS By JON PEREZ<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-217023 gallery-columns-3 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\/2015-christmas-in-the-marianas-festival\/img_7191\/'>IMG_7191<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-217024'>\n\t\t\t\tChamorro cultural dancers join the float parade of the 2015 CNMI Christmas in the Marianas Festival last Saturday that started at Garapan Fishing Base and ended at Paseo de Marianas. 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