{"id":337159,"date":"2021-01-22T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T20:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=337159"},"modified":"2021-01-22T06:00:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T20:00:10","slug":"17th-tinian-hot-pepper-festival-on-feb-13-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/17th-tinian-hot-pepper-festival-on-feb-13-14\/","title":{"rendered":"17th Tinian Hot Pepper Festival on Feb. 13-14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_337160\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-337160\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Tinian-pix.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-337160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Competitors in the JC Caf\u00e9 Pika Burger Eating Contest take their first bites at the 15th Annual Tinian Hot Pepper Festival on Feb. 16, 2019. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nA full weekend of games and competitions are set for the 17th Tinian Hot Pepper Festival on Feb. 13-14, 2021, in the Marianas. <\/p>\n<p>The festival, affectionately known as \u201cPika Fest\u201d among residents (\u201cpika\u201d means spicy), pays homage to Tinian\u2019s small but famous \u201cdonne sali\u201d hot pepper. Activities will include food sales, live entertainment, competitions, arts and crafts sales, and more. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Marianas Visitors Authority and the Tinian Mayor\u2019s Office, in consultation with the CNMI COVID-19 Task Force and the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp., is pleased to announce that this year\u2019s Tinian Hot Pepper Festival will again be held on Presidents Day weekend, with consideration of COVID-19 prevention protocols, such as social distancing, wearing of masks, and hand washing. The Marianas hasn\u2019t any community spread in five months, and we will have several safety measures in place to help maintain that trend,\u201d said MVA managing director Priscilla M. Iakopo. \u201cThe festival will provide a good opportunity to support the Tinian businesses and provide a positive boost to the community.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The festival will be held from the afternoon into the evening on both days, with exact times to be announced. Competitions will include hot pepper eating, \u201ckadun pika\u201d (spicy stew) cooking, cha-cha, tug-of-war, \u201cumang\u201d (hermit crab) race, and a home-made canoe race. The 18th Tinian Municipal Council will co-sponsor prizes for the male and female categories of the hot pepper eating contest. <\/p>\n<p>The Tinian Hot Pepper Festival will be held at the Fiesta Grounds in San Jose, Tinian, adjacent to Jones Beach. <\/p>\n<p>Ferry service between Saipan and Tinian is still under consideration due to budget constraints. <\/p>\n<p>Limited hotel accommodations are available at Tinian Ocean View, Lorilynn\u2019s Hotel, Tinian Street Motel, Fleming Hotel, Green Lion House Hotel, and the Marpo Valley Inn. Free camping is available at Kammer Beach, Taga Beach (toilets, barbecue pits, and outdoor showers available) and at the adjacent Tachogna Beach (toilets, barbecue pits, and indoor showers available).<strong> (PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A full weekend of games and competitions are set for the 17th Tinian Hot Pepper&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":337161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-337159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337159","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=337159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}