{"id":285724,"date":"2018-10-02T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T20:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=285724"},"modified":"2018-10-02T06:00:31","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T20:00:31","slug":"festival-of-cultures-pushes-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/festival-of-cultures-pushes-through\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival of Cultures pushes through"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-285724 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\/festival-of-cultures-pushes-through\/festival-pix1-6\/'>Festival pix1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-285725'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Japanese community models traditional kimono at the 4th Annual International Festival of Cultures on Sept. 22, 2018. The annual event is organized by the Marianas Visitors Authority. (MVA)\n\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\/festival-of-cultures-pushes-through\/festival-pix2-6\/'>Festival pix2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-285726'>\n\t\t\t\tThe community of Samoa, Fiji, and Cook Islands prepares to perform at the 4th Annual International Festival of Cultures on Sept. 22, 2018. The annual event celebrates the cultural diversity of the Marianas and is organized by the Marianas Visitors Authority. (MVA)\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\/festival-of-cultures-pushes-through\/festival-pix3-6\/'>Festival pix3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-285727'>\n\t\t\t\tFrances Sablan of the Chamorro community weaves coconut fronds at the 4th Annual International Festival of Cultures on Sept. 22, 2018. The annual event celebrates the cultural diversity of the Marianas and is organized by the Marianas Visitors Authority. (MVA)\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\/festival-of-cultures-pushes-through\/festival-pix4-6\/'>Festival pix4<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-285728'>\n\t\t\t\tTokie Mojica of the Marshallese community sells handicrafts and jewelry at the 4th Annual International Festival of Cultures on Sept. 22, 2018. (MVA) \n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Despite the cancellation of the first day of festivities due to inclement weather, the 4th Annual International Festival of Cultures pushed through on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 22 and 23. <\/p>\n<p>A small but colorfully-clad group of cultures kicked off the festivities with the Parade of Cultures on Saturday at 5pm from the Carolinian Affairs Office to the festival venue at Paseo de Marianas. <\/p>\n<p>Walking delegations were the representative groups of the Marianas, Japan, Korea, Federated States of Micronesia, the Philippines, Africa, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Palau, and the Bangladesh community. The parade was followed by a fashion show onstage and a full night of entertainment. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite the rain, it was a successful International Festival of Cultures,\u201d said MVA Community Projects coordinator Demalynn Pagarao, lead organizer for the event. \u201cIt takes a lot of time, resources, and people for each of the groups to share their culture, and we extend a big si yu\u2019use ma\u2019ase, ghilisou, and thank you to all of them. The costumes, the food, the dances, the games, and many other aspects shared was a great opportunity for the community to enjoy and appreciate the cultural diversity of the Marianas. We look forward to next year\u2019s celebration.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The festival featured ethnic food, hands-on cultural demonstrations, games, ethnic attire, arts and crafts, and more. Participating communities were the Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Marshall Islands, Hawaii, Tonga\/Fiji\/Samoa, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Korea, Japan, and Africa. <\/p>\n<p>Additional supporters were from the Indigenous Affairs Office, 500 Sails, Department of Public Safety, Department of Public Works, Carolinian Affairs Office, Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services, Department of Land and Natural Resources, and Bureau of Environmental Health. <strong>(MVA)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the cancellation of the first day of festivities due to inclement weather, the 4th&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":285725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[307,709,42,22845],"class_list":["post-285724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-africa","tag-carolinian-affairs-office","tag-food","tag-tonga-fiji-samoa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285724","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=285724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}