To provide visitors and residents a cultural experience highlighting indigenous Chamorro and Carolinian culture, the Marianas Visitors Authority, Carolinian Affairs Office, and Indigenous Affairs Office will launch the \u201cHafa Adai-Tirow Tuesdays and Thursdays\u201d in August in Saipan\u2019s main tourist district. <\/p>\n
The event will be held from 5pm to 9pm at the CAO grounds in Garapan, Saipan, and will feature Chamorro and Carolinian live entertainment, arts and crafts by Chamorro and Carolinian artists, and food sales that will include indigenous dishes. Hafa Adai-Tirow Tuesdays and Thursdays will kick off with a soft opening on Tuesday, Aug. 2, and Thursday, Aug. 4, with an official grand opening on Aug. 9. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are eager and grateful to partner with the Carolinian Affairs Office and the Indigenous Affairs Office on this event, which we\u2019re sure our visitors will love once the word spreads,\u201d said MVA managing director Priscilla M. Iakopo. \u201cOur visitors are looking for authentic cultural experiences and nighttime activities, and this event aligns perfectly with MVA\u2019s Strategic Plan 2020-2030 to promote indigenous culture. We are also sharing details with local tour agents so they can bring their guests by.\u201d (MVA)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" To provide visitors and residents a cultural experience highlighting indigenous Chamorro and Carolinian culture, the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":373230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3759,18803,212],"class_list":["post-373232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-cao","tag-iao","tag-mva"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373232","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=373232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}