GOOD FRIDAY TRADITION


Hundreds of Catholic devotees braved the heavy rain yesterday morning to climb Mt. Tapochau as part of a Good Friday tradition that has been practiced on Saipan for over 31 years now.








Island Locator

The Jacqueline Hernandez Story



http://islandlocator.blogspot.com/2008/03/jacqueline-hernandez-story.html

March 2008 front page photos








Check the Saipan Tribune website for more photos:
http://www.saipantribune.com/photogalu.aspx?newsID=77568

February photos






Check the Saipan Tribune website for more February front page photos:
http://www.saipantribune.com/photogalu.aspx?newsID=76629

Happy New Year!!!




SAIPAN'S NEW YEAR CELEBRATION!

Japanese Autumn Festival

Clad in vibrant costumes the 19 members of Yasakoi Soran Dance Team from Hokkaido, Japan entertain the crowd with their powerful Japanese traditional and modern dance performance during the 22nd Japanese Autumn Festival celebration at the Garapan Central Park.




Navaratri Durga Puja

HINDU FESTIVAL: Hindu priest Haridas Chakrabarty conducts a ritual in honor of the Hindu goddess Durga inside the Radha Krishna Temple in Chalan Kanoa. Members of the CNMI Hindu community observed their biggest religious annual festival “Navaratri Durga Puja”, which is an important Hindu Festival celebrated all over India with different rituals and festivities. It is a celebration of life, culture, popular customs and traditions.