{"id":26,"date":"2016-05-23T02:03:55","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T02:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saipaf.org\/newyork\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2016-05-23T15:29:46","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T15:29:46","slug":"why-saipaf","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/saipaf.org\/newyork\/why-saipaf\/","title":{"rendered":"Why SAIPAF"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>A never-before-seen single showcase that captures the essence of a region steeped in ancient wisdom provides the much-needed message of love, peace, interfaith and international harmony.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Performing arts move the soul, enriches the mind, and builds empathy toward people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>Arts not only provide entertainment, but also help better understand a culture\u2019s depth and wisdom.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>There\u2019s no better way than dance, music, and drama to hear stories about regions and its people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What we currently need ?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Support from everyone, who shares the SAIPAF vision. Particularly, key members of the community, and institutions serving the 8 nations represented in the festival.<\/li>\n<li>Support and recognition by all the cultural affairs state departments, and organizations working with\/for SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation).<\/li>\n<li>Donors and sponsors to help accomplish the vision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Next Steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reach-out to various communities through the respective consulates.<\/li>\n<li>Reach-out and Involve organizations and institutions with shared goals of promoting South Asian performing arts.<\/li>\n<li>Build support and references for fundraising and sponsorships.<\/li>\n<li>Invite and include eminent artists and art entrepreneurs to join the SAIPAF core team, as Directors, Advisors and Consultants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>A never-before-seen single showcase that captures the essence of a region steeped in ancient wisdom provides the much-needed message of love, peace, interfaith and international <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/saipaf.org\/newyork\/why-saipaf\/\" title=\"Why SAIPAF\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/saipaf.org\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/saipaf.org\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/saipaf.org\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/saipaf.org\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/saipaf.org\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/saipaf.org\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58,"href":"http:\/\/saipaf.org\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/saipaf.org\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}