Huge response to Katara Quran memorisation contest
27 Apr 2021 - 9:22
Representational images
By Raynald C Rivera | The Peninsula
Doha: A total of 935 children are taking part in Katara’s “Juz’u Amma” competition for children organised this Ramadan, the Cultural Village Foundation (Katara) announced yesterday.
The annual Holy Quran memorisation and recitation competition for children, open for those aged six to 13, comes within the activities of Katara during the holy month, registration of which was done electronically from the first to the 10th of Ramadan.
Participants are to be contacted by phone and Zoom for evaluation, said Katara.
Big cash prizes are in store for the top three winners including QR10,000, QR 8,000, and QR5,000 respectively, added Katara.
Katara virtual exhibition captures beauty of traditional Gulf dances
24 Apr 2021 - 9:47
One of the paintings by Kuwaiti artist May Al Saad on show at the just-launched virtual exhibition “Voice of Colour” which can be viewed on Katara website.
By Raynald C Rivera | The Peninsula
The rhythm, music and movement of traditional Gulf dances have been vividly captured in colour by Kuwaiti artist May Al Saad in her solo exhibition aptly titled “Voice of Colour” launched virtually by the Cultural Village Foundation (Katara).
Around 30 paintings by Al Saad can be viewed online through Katara’s official website and social media accounts. They all bear exceptional aesthetic details highlighted through the artist’s use of vibrant colours layered in such a way that the images convey the subjects’ feelings and the beauty of the dances.
Museums organise virtual activities during Ramadan
17 Apr 2021 - 8:11
By Raynalad C Rivera | The Peninsula
A number of museums in Qatar are organising online activities in celebration of the holy month of Ramadan.
The Qatar Children’s Museum (QCM) has announced it will hold Garangao workshop in which families are invited to learn the traditional way of basket weaving used in making native Garangao baskets which hold sweets and nuts.
The workshop will teach the participants how to make keychains and bookmarks following the traditional basket weaving method. There will be two sessions to be held on April 24 via Zoom, one from 9am to 10am and another from 11am to 12pm, said QCM in a social media post.
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Greece has donated an exact replica of the
Charioteer of Delphi, also known as
Heniokhos, to the city of Doha in Qatar.
The replica statue was unveiled at the central metro station of Doha international airport in Qatar during an official ceremony earlier this week in the presence of Greek Culture Minister
Lina Mendoni.
Heniokhos is one of the best-known statues surviving from Ancient Greece, and considered one of the finest examples of ancient bronze sculptures. The life-size statue of a chariot driver was found in 1896, in the sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi and is on display at the Delphi Archaeological Museum.