{"id":7453,"date":"2025-12-06T05:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T05:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/?p=7453"},"modified":"2026-01-30T09:05:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T09:05:21","slug":"final-session-of-the-national-convention-on-arts-and-culture-held-in-rodrigues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culture.govmu.org\/mach\/?p=7453","title":{"rendered":"Final Session of the National Convention on Arts and Culture Held in Rodrigues"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7453\" class=\"elementor elementor-7453\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-accb25a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"accb25a\" 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-f7a2bdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f7a2bdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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