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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com COMMUNITYC | 5 FASHION | 8 ENTERTAINMENT | 1111 Q-Malayalam Chequered coats: Bollywood to treat holds annual Wear them bright buffs with melange cultural conference but right of genres THURSDAY 14 JANUARY 2016 Email: [email protected] thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar ABODE OF MANGA Yokote Masuda Manga Museum has an ambition to gather the world’s biggest collection of original drawings and paintings from published manga. P | 3 THURSDAY 14 JANUARY 2016 | 03 COVER STORY Museum aims for world’s biggest manga art collection The Washington Post surface area of the museum will be expanded more than tenfold. There will be a special exhibition room, a glass-walled archive and a cafe on the first floor, with five additional original manga art galleries else- he Yokote Masuda Manga Museum has an where in the facility. ambition to gather the world’s biggest collec- The renovation will cost 500 million yen and begin tion of original drawings and paintings from in fiscal 2016, with the newly refurbished museum Tpublished manga. scheduled to open in spring 2018. The museum in the Masuda district in Yoko- The annual number of visitors to the museum te recently announced that it wants to increase the peaked at about 138,000 in 1997. Since then, the number of pieces in its collection to 300,000. The number has declined and in recent years has hov- city of Yokote revealed the goal in December, along ered at about 60,000. On the other hand, in 2014, with a plan to promote sightseeing through combin- 136,000 people visited the center of Masuda, which ing the museum with the city’s historic townscape features the Kura-no-Eki tourist information centre known for traditional storage chambers called uch- and major uchigura storage chambers. The figure igura. was about twice as much as the previous year. Some of the ideas under this plan include using The museum is located about 700 metres from uchigura as venues for the exhibition of original man- the city centre. By combining the attractions of uch- ga artwork and discussion sessions with manga art- igura and manga, the city hopes to bring more tour- ists, as well as hosting an international manga con- ists to the museum. vention in the Masuda district. Though the programmes for the international In January last year, the city announced a reno- manga convention have not yet been determined, vation plan for the museum. At the time, the goal the city apparently wants to hold the event around was to have 100,000 pieces in the museum’s collec- summer 2018. An exhibition of original manga art- tion. The city since raised its goal to keep pace with work and artist discussion sessions will be key attrac- Tottori Prefecture, which has launched a campaign tions. to become known as the “manga kingdom” and has “We’d like to make the most of the two different made quite an effort to collect original manga art in cultures of our city, which exist next to each another, recent years. The prefecture is known as the child- museum, for its part, is quite certain it will be able to and make this place an integrated tourist hub,” Yoko- hood home of well-known manga artist Shigeru Mi- achieve its collection goal. te Mayor Dai Takahashi said. zuki, who died in November. The museum is part of the Masuda Fureai Plaza The Yokote Masuda Manga Museum is open from It is often difficult for both publishers and manga complex, which also houses a library and a commu- 9am to 5pm and closed on Mondays (except nation- artists to preserve original manga art due to space nity center. Under the renovation plan, these facilities al holidays) and Tuesdays following a national holiday. limitations, making it more important for museums will be moved to the nearby Masuda branch office Admission is free except for special exhibitions. For to acquire and preserve the works. Yokote’s manga building of the city’s municipal government, and the more information, please visit manga-museum.com. 04 | THURSDAY 14 JANUARY 2016 CAMPUS / COMMUNITY PEC-Iranian Schools football match DeBakey students raise money for Syria The Pakistan Education Centre (PEC) held a football match between the DeBakey High School–Qatar students raised money to aid children in Syria. Iranian School and PEC Housing Complex football team on the PEC football The money was donated to Red Crescent and followed by a tour of the ground. PEC Principal Nargis Raza Otho was the chief guest. The event Red Crescent headquarters in Doha to show the students the relief process opened with a formal introduction of the guest team and hoisting of the when a tragedy takes place. The picture shows, FROM LEFT: Senior Class flags of both countries. The chief guest presented PEC souvenir to the Iranian students Shaaden Salem and Reem Hamad; Saleh bin Ali Al Mohannadi, Red team as a goodwill gesture. The Iranian School won the match 3-1. Tariq Crescent Qatar Secretary-General, and Justin Mabrie, DeBakey Admissions Hameed was the referee. & Communications Director. NIS holds workshop for teachers EMS takes part in cross country race English Modern Schools (EMS) students from Al Wakrah and Doha campuses participated in the QPPSSA Cross Country event hosted by Dukhan English School. The event was attended by 24 schools. Al Wakra PE teacher Frank The Noble International School (NIS) conducted a workshop on stress busters Strydom said: “The weather was ideal for long distance race and the students for teachers to inculcate innovative ideas in classroom management. The enjoyed the experience. Although we tried hard to be competitive, we teachers were divided into teams and they took part in games such as unfortunately didn’t have any medal winners.” Student Khalid Al Shaaf of Connexion, Mind field, Lucky corner, Photo scavenger hunt, Balancing the EMS Doha came first in the year 5 boys 2km while his classmate Yamaan sugar cubes etc. The winning team was presented with gifts. Jarrar came fourth. THURSDAY 14 JANUARY 2016 | 05 COMMUNITY Q-Malayalam holds annual cultural conference -Malayalam, a socio-literary organisation of Keralites in the Gulf, held Sargasayahnam, its Qannual cultural conference, at the Indian Cultural Centre recently. R Unni, a famous Malayalam writer and screen writer of several super-hit Ma- layalam movies, was the chief guest. Unni said communal intolerance has been growing in Kerala at an alarming rate and people have start- ed looking at things through commu- nal lens. He praised Q-Malayalam for bringing together people of all kinds, both men and women, and irrespec- tive of religious, sectarian and regional considerations. “It’s the absence of or- ganisations like this in Kerala which has resulted in an erosion of Keralites’ val- ues,” Unni said. forthcoming movie. He has won sev- as part of Sargasayahnam and also re- the first prize in a photography contest Unni’s notable short stories are eral prestigious awards including Tho- leased two books written by Namoos organised as part of Qatar Dhow Fes- Leela, Kalinadakam, Bahujeevithama mas Mundasseri Award and E P Sush- Peruvallur and Noufal Kattuppara. Q- tival. and Ozhivu Divasathe Kali. His nota- ma Endowment Award. Malayalam drama team of Pigman and The inaugural address was followed ble scripts are Munnariyippu, Chappa Unni distributed prizes to the win- photographer Shiraz Sithara were felic- by five hours of cultural shows includ- Kurishu, Big B and Charlie. Leela is his ners of poetry competition organised itated at the function. Shiraz had won ing songs, dance, skits and plays. Chaliyar Doha presents environment award haliyar Doha announced the expressed his deep worry and appre- first annual KA Rahman Saheb hension about the current status of memorial Environment Excel- rivers, pollution and its consequenc- Clence Award for promoting es in the future . He also stressed the Environmental protection initiatives. important role of current generation In blazing memories of Chaliyar Agi- in protecting rivers and environments tation leader KA Rahman Saheb hun- for a better future. Popular Radio pre- dreds of expatriates gathered in Do- senter Reji Mannel also spoke about ha ICC hall to pay tribute to the Leg- the significance of rivers. end on his 17th death anniversary. ICC Mujeeb Rahman gave tribute President Girish Kumar distributed the speech on the KA Rahman Saheb’s first Annual KA Rahman memorial Envi- gave felicitation speech, while the pro- Award and inaugurated the Seminar life and days of Chaliyar agitations. ronment Excellence Award for his inno- gramme was chaired by Chaliyar Do- on “Rivers for Earth and Existence” in Representing various cultural organi- vative contribution in environmental pro- ha President Mashood Thiruthiyad. presence of various social and cultur- zations, Thomas Kannankara, Sindhu tection and betterment of work place by Chaliyar Doha General Secretary Abdul al leaders from various expatriate or- Ramachandran, EM Sudheer and Koya planting oxygen generating indoor plants. Latheef Feroke welcomed the audience ganisations. Habib Rahman Kizhishery Kondotty also gave speeches. Hyder Chungathara, Musthafa Sadia, and Keshavdas (Vice-President) pro- presented the seminar subject and Sunil Baby from Gulf times won the Firos Areacode and Sideeq Vazhakkad posed vote of thanks. Indonesian envoy honoured ndonesian Ambassador Deddy Saiful Hadi and his wife Endang Deddy Ha- di accompanied by Second Secretary for Information, Social and Culture of IIndonesian embassy, Nurwenda Sucipto, attended the first anniversary cel- ebrations of the Garuda Indonesia Riders Brotherhood of Qatar (GIRBOQ) at the ambassador’s residence recently. GIRBOQ has 20 members. This occasion was also a means for GIRBOQ to bid farewell to Ambassador Deddy who will be finishing his tenure in Qatar by the end of this month.

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