{"id":75807,"date":"2018-03-08T15:03:49","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T01:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=75807"},"modified":"2019-03-19T16:36:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T02:36:05","slug":"kapiolani-cc-international-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/03\/08\/kapiolani-cc-international-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultural diversity celebration at Kapi\u02bbolani <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> International Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/kapiolani-international-festival.jpg\" alt=\"cultural dance performance\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-75810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/kapiolani-international-festival.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/kapiolani-international-festival-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Community College<\/a> 30th Annual International Festival will be held March 19&#8211;22 and features guest speakers, music, dance, art, films, literature and poetry that beautifully showcases the diversity of cultures found in the world today through interactive student and guest presentations.<\/p>\n<p>The festival highlights international education and features expressive culture from various countries of the world. This four-day event enhances the depth and substantiality of international programs at <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> and supports efforts to create a &ldquo;premier resource in Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific affairs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/InternationalFestival2018.pdf\">Download the full schedule of events<\/a> (<small><abbr title=\"portable document format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/small>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The International Festival is considered one the college&#8217;s signature events and has garnered a significant following and recognition by people in the community.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/kapiolani-international-festival-2.jpg\" alt=\"international parade with student holding signs of their county\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-75944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/kapiolani-international-festival-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/kapiolani-international-festival-2-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Featured events<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>International Parade of Cultures<\/li>\n<li>Kenny Endo and the Taiko Center of the Pacific<\/li>\n<li>Mongolia: Khanate of the Golden Horde<\/li>\n<li>¶«¾«Ó°Òµ M\u0101noa &#8211; The Music of Dance of Tahiti<\/li>\n<li>MEDAH: Traditions of Dances of the Middle East<\/li>\n<li>Sevillanas and Tango: Dances of Hispanic Culture<\/li>\n<li>Kapi\u2018olani CC Synthesizer Ensemble<\/li>\n<li>Chinlone of Myanmar<\/li>\n<li>Ian O\u2019 Sullivan: Songs for the North Shore<\/li>\n<li>International Films, Literature Readings and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For further information, please contact <strong>Carl Hefner<\/strong>, festival director, at (808) 734-9438. Accommodations for individuals with disabilities can be provided, if requested in advance. Call (808) 734-9160.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/kapiolani-international-festival-1.jpg\" alt=\"hula dancers performing\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-75945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/kapiolani-international-festival-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/kapiolani-international-festival-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Festival features guest speakers, music, dance, art, films, literature and poetry that beautifully showcases the diversity of cultures found in the world today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[105,78,646,134,935,63,133],"class_list":["post-75807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-art","tag-dance","tag-film","tag-international","tag-international-student","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-music","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75807"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93056,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75807\/revisions\/93056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}