{"id":190,"date":"2020-02-08T17:38:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T08:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wmdf.org\/wpms\/en?post_type=news&#038;p=190"},"modified":"2020-04-05T12:24:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T03:24:49","slug":"cow-2020","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/news\/cow-2020","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Children of the World&#8221; Gather on Mar 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-14427 size-thumbnail\" src=\"\/wpms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/FPT-CoW-007-v01-GDP-294x294.jpg\" alt=\"FPT-CoW-007-v01-GDP\" width=\"294\" height=\"294\" \/><strong>Update Feb 20: We regret that this event is cancelled due to the continuing Coronavirus situation. Please <a href=\"http:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/2020\/0220160159\">see this post (Japanese and English)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Children from\u00a0many countries will gather during this long winter in Hokkaido!\u00a0The \u201cChildren of the World\u201d Festival is a heart-warming event of world dance, music, chorus and friendship. Youth artists collaborate with local children to build this festival together.<\/p>\n<p>For this seventh edition, there are three groups from overseas: Canada, Taiwan, and Russia. They are accompanied and supported by local youth groups from Hakodate, plus a special appearance by the young-at-heart Hinokiya.\u00a0The high quality performances by children at this event always impress the adult audience. The unique atmosphere will chase away the winter blues.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<pre><strong>\"Children of the World\" Festival, Edition 7<\/strong>\nDate: Mar 1 (Sun) 13:00 start\nPlace: Hakodate Geijutsu Hall (Goryokaku-cho 37-8)\nGroups: Mazovia (Canada), \nWorld Hyper Organization Theatre (Taiwan), \nZaryanka (Russia), \nHinokiya and more.\nFee: 1,000 for Adults. 500 for Students. Free for babies and small children.\nTickets: Available in Hakodate Geijutsu Hall and at door.\nOrganiser: The Children of the World Committee, Worlds Meet Japan GIA.\nCo-organiser: Hakodate Culture and Sports Shinkou Zaidan foundation.\nContact: 0138-86-6705 (Hitococochi, Inc, apologies but Japanese only)\n<\/pre>\n<p>WMDF organisers &#8220;Worlds Meet Japan&#8221; are collaborators of this event. We and the &#8220;Children of the World Committee&#8221; have been following the coronavirus closely. The Committee has determined (Feb 7) that the event will be held as scheduled. They have shared global information resources on health safeguarding measures from the World Heath Organisation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WHO\u3000<a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\/advice-for-public\">https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\/advice-for-public<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please follow hand disinfection measures and other hygiene best practices. The following resources from official Japanese government sources in Hakodate and Hokkaido also offer advice and reassurance, but we are sorry that Japanese:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u51fd\u9928\u5e02\u4fdd\u5065\u6240\u3000<a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.hakodate.hokkaido.jp\/docs\/2020011600059\/\">https:\/\/www.city.hakodate.hokkaido.jp\/docs\/2020011600059\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u5317\u6d77\u9053\u3000<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp\/hf\/kth\/kak\/singatakoronahaien.htm\">http:\/\/www.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp\/hf\/kth\/kak\/singatakoronahaien.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u5185\u95a3\u5b98\u623f\u5185\u95a3\u5e83\u5831\u5ba4\u3000<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kantei.go.jp\/jp\/headline\/kansensho\/coronavirus.html\">http:\/\/www.kantei.go.jp\/jp\/headline\/kansensho\/coronavirus.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-190","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}