{"id":227923,"date":"2016-05-18T06:06:10","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T20:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=227923"},"modified":"2016-05-18T06:06:10","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T20:06:10","slug":"chinese-performers-showcase-talent-culture-saipan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/chinese-performers-showcase-talent-culture-saipan\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese performers showcase talent, culture on Saipan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-227923 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\/chinese-performers-showcase-talent-culture-saipan\/chinese-pix-1-2\/'>Chinese-pix-1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-227924'>\n\t\t\t\tTwo dancers perform a type of Chinese martial arts utilizing ropes as their weapon which produces a loud sound when it touches each other. (Frauleine Villanueva-Dizon)\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\/chinese-performers-showcase-talent-culture-saipan\/chinese-pix-2-2\/'>Chinese-pix-2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-227925'>\n\t\t\t\tChinese ladies perform a fan dance. (Frauleine Villanueva-Dizon)\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\/chinese-performers-showcase-talent-culture-saipan\/chinese-pix-3-2\/'>Chinese-pix-3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-227926'>\n\t\t\t\tAnother cultural dance from a different region in China. (Frauleine Villanueva-Dizon)\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\/chinese-performers-showcase-talent-culture-saipan\/chinese-pix-4-2\/'>Chinese-pix-4<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-227927'>\n\t\t\t\tAn acrobat balances various materials using his mouth and stick. (Frauleine Villanueva-Dizon)\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\/chinese-performers-showcase-talent-culture-saipan\/chinese-pix-5-2\/'>Chinese-pix-5<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-227928'>\n\t\t\t\tFan dance is a Chinese dance performed by young ladies as form of attracting males. (Frauleine Villanueva-Dizon)\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\/chinese-performers-showcase-talent-culture-saipan\/chinese-pix-6-2\/'>Chinese-pix-6<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-227929'>\n\t\t\t\tA performer showcases a cultural dance from the Tibetan region. (Frauleine Villanueva-Dizon)\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\/chinese-performers-showcase-talent-culture-saipan\/chinese-pix-7-2\/'>Chinese-pix-7<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-227930'>\n\t\t\t\tDancers perform an almost modern number with balls as props. (Frauleine Villanueva-Dizon)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>A special cultural show was put on stage by performers from the Pu Tian Tong Le art group at the Saipan World Resort last Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>About 23 performers from Beijing, China showcased their talents in various cultural dances and skills. <\/p>\n<p>Prior to the hour-long energetic and colorful performances, Saipan Mayor David Apatang welcomed the guests to the CNMI.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people of Saipan and I are honored to extend a warm hafa adai and welcome to Pu Tian Tong Le art group. I am very happy to meet you all. Its always a great opportunity to learn from people of different cultural background,\u201d Apatang said.<\/p>\n<p>The event was organized by Top Development, Inc. in partnership with the Marianas Visitors Authority. <\/p>\n<p>The father of TDI\u2019s Fang Hai Tao, who is a community leader in Beijing, organized the group because \u201cthey realized a lot of the Chinese people like Saipan because of the beauty and the hospitality of the local people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe purpose of bringing this group is to introduce the Chinese culture to the CNMI,\u201d Fang said in Chinese. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy father came to Saipan many times. He loves Saipan, the nature, beauty, and environment. The local people are very nice and friendly,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Fang, who has been on Saipan for 28 years, hopes to have more projects like this in the future.<\/p>\n<p>According to MVA Community Projects manager Martin Duenas, MVA assisted the group in bringing the performers in Saipan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe assisted a little bit with the arrangements for them to come here. We extended an invitation to them to come here. With that invitation they were able to kind of fundraise for their airfare,\u201d Duenas said.<\/p>\n<p>The group also made a public appearance at the Taste of the Marianas last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe MVA is always looking for opportunities to promote cultural exchange and this is why we support this kind of activity. We hope this will not be the last and hope that they come back,\u201d Duenas said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A special cultural show was put on stage by performers from the Pu Tian Tong&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":227924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[211,26,67,4264],"class_list":["post-227923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-and-style","tag-beijing","tag-cnmi","tag-people","tag-top-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227923","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\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}