{"id":309187,"date":"2019-10-02T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T20:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=309187"},"modified":"2019-10-02T06:00:11","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T20:00:11","slug":"2019-international-festival-of-cultures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/2019-international-festival-of-cultures\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 International Festival of Cultures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-309187 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\/2019-international-festival-of-cultures\/ifc-pix-1\/'>IFC pix 1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-309188'>\n\t\t\t\tA pair of spectators observe the Japanese booth\u2019s Kendama toys during the International Festival of Cultures last Sept. 21. 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