{"id":12282,"date":"2025-12-04T17:13:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T17:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/events\/77th-black-white-ball-2\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T17:13:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T17:13:13","slug":"77th-black-white-ball-2","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/events\/77th-black-white-ball-2\/","title":{"rendered":"77th Black &amp; White Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"em em-view-container\" id=\"em-view-146103263\" data-view=\"event\">\r\n\t<div class=\"em pixelbones em-item em-item-single em-event em-event-single em-event-310 \" id=\"em-event-146103263\" data-view-id=\"146103263\">\r\n\t\t\n<section class=\"em-item-header\"  style=\"--default-border:#a8d144;\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"em-item-image \">\n\t\t<img src='https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/kjhgfdsll.jpg' alt='77th Black &amp; White Ball'\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"em-item-meta\">\n\t\t<section 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