{"id":407468,"date":"2010-03-09T11:57:40","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T16:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"2300"},"modified":"2010-03-09T11:57:40","modified_gmt":"2010-03-09T16:57:40","slug":"pakistani-culture-taught-through-kite-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/407468","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani culture taught through kite making"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P><SPAN class=heading3>PRESS RELEASE<BR><\/SPAN>March 8, 2010&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<STRONG>Contact:<\/STRONG>&nbsp; Dawn Alford, 542-5524<\/P><P>The second event for the Columbia Basin College Reads series, making Pakistani\u0096themed kites, will be Tuesday, March 9th at 12:40 p.m in the CBC Gjerde Center.<BR><BR>Thirty CBC students will be guided through the art of Pakistani kite making.&nbsp; Although authentic Pakistani kites will not be made, as it requires a sewing machine and razor blade, they will learn the importance of the works of art in Pakistani and Indian culture and be encouraged to decorate their kites in this theme. <BR><BR>Each participant will receive a free copy of the book <EM>Kites for Everyone<\/EM> by Margaret Greger.&nbsp; The late Margaret Greger is known worldwide for her love of making and flying kites, as well as being an inductee in the World Kite Flying Museum\u0092s Hall of Fame.&nbsp; Her widower Greg Greger continues her love of kite making by participating in events such as this and the Richland Kite Festival.&nbsp; Greg will lead students through the kite making process.<BR><BR>This event is co-sponsored by the Associated Students of CBC and the CBC Reads committee.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRESS RELEASEMarch 8, 2010&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Contact:&nbsp; Dawn Alford, 542-5524The second event for the Columbia Basin College Reads series, making Pakistani\u0096themed kites, will be Tuesday, March 9th at 12:40 p.m in the CBC Gjerde Center.Thirty CBC students will be guided through the art of Pakistani kite making.&nbsp; Although authentic Pakistani kites will not be made, as it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-407468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}