{"id":5703,"date":"2025-05-19T09:20:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T09:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ministry1.govmu.org\/mach\/?p=5703"},"modified":"2025-05-28T11:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T11:19:15","slug":"mauritius-to-host-the-african-asia-pacific-choir-games-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/?p=5703","title":{"rendered":"Mauritius to Host the African Asia Pacific Choir Games 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5703\" class=\"elementor elementor-5703\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4d1261 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f4d1261\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f751c3a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f751c3a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e649a3 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e649a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mauritius is set to welcome the <strong>African Asia Pacific Choir Games 2025<\/strong> from <strong>27 September to 5 October<\/strong>, marking a historic first for the country. The event will bring together choirs from across Africa and the Asia-Pacific region in a celebration of musical diversity and unity.<\/p><p>In preparation for this major international event, the <strong>Minister of Arts and Culture, Hon. Gondeea Mahendra<\/strong>, met with <strong>Ms. Jelena Dannhauer<\/strong>, Project Director at Interkultur, and <strong>Mr. Michael Barrett<\/strong>, Artistic Director of the Games.<\/p><p>Discussions focused on the planning of the opening and closing ceremonies and workshops that Mr. Barrett will lead with local choirs to help prepare them for the international stage.<\/p><p>\u201cThis is a unique opportunity for Mauritius to showcase its musical talent and cultural richness to the world,\u201d said Minister Gondeea. 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The event will bring together choirs from across Africa and the Asia-Pacific region in a celebration of musical diversity and unity. In preparation for this major international event, the Minister of Arts and Culture, Hon. Gondeea Mahendra, met with Ms. Jelena Dannhauer, Project Director at Interkultur, and Mr. Michael Barrett, Artistic Director of the Games. Discussions focused on the planning of the opening and closing ceremonies and workshops that Mr. Barrett will lead with local\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5696,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":5}},"wpmagazine_modules_lite_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AAPC-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"cvmm-medium":["https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AAPC-1-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"cvmm-medium-plus":["https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AAPC-1-305x207.jpg",305,207,true],"cvmm-portrait":["https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AAPC-1-400x401.jpg",400,401,true],"cvmm-medium-square":["https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AAPC-1-600x401.jpg",600,401,true],"cvmm-large":["https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AAPC-1.jpg",602,401,false],"cvmm-small":["https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AAPC-1-130x95.jpg",130,95,true],"full":["https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AAPC-1.jpg",602,401,false]},"categories_names":{"8":{"name":"News","link":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/?cat=8"}},"tags_names":[],"comments_number":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5703"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5861,"href":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5703\/revisions\/5861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}