Thousands of students to participate in Qatar Charity’s Asian School Fiesta 2019

For the eleventh year in a row, Qatar Charity (QC) launched the Asian School Fiesta, with the participation of hundreds of students from dozens of Asian schools in Qatar, aiming at developing skills of participants, nurturing talents in children, and creating an interactive atmosphere for Asian expatriate communities residing in the country.

The fiesta, which commenced on October 18, 2019, will continue until November 8, 2019, holding many completions for participants categorized into five groups, which are Kids 1 (KG1& KG 2), Kids 2 (Grade 1 & Grade 2), Sub Junior (Grade 3 & Grade 4), Junior  (Grade 5 to Grade 7),  and Senior (Grade 8 to Grade 12).

It is currently being organized by the Qatar Charity Center for Community Development for expatriate Asian communities, Friends Cultural Center (FCC) and 4500 students are expected to participate in the fiesta.

The various types of contests, held as part of the fiesta, includes joining dots, singing, reciting poem, writing stories, news reading, performing plays, elocution, painting, drawing, clay modeling, keyboard, craft installation, and others.

On the first day of the fiesta, more than 500 students took part in various competitions. The second stage of the fiesta will be held on October 25, while, other phases of the fiesta will be held on November 1 and 8 this year.

Kotteeswari Mahesh, coordinator of arts & designs at a British school in Doha, who extended support in judging the clay modelling, craft installation, and pencil drawing disciplines, emphasized the importance of the fiesta to improve students’ artistic skills and enhance their capabilities.

“I sincerely believe that it is a wonderful platform for students to exhibit their hibernating talents and capabilities and recuperate their creative and artistic skills in-line with nature,” said Mahesh, expressing her delight at seeing innovative, creative and beautiful works of participants, which made it difficult to judge.

“It is really an interesting event and contributes to increasing the knowledge of my child and develops his ability,” said Biji Jose, the mother of Alister Maveld Thomas, participating in clay modeling.

She also pointed out that the fiesta offered a platform to showcase talents to people, as it brings participants from multi-cultures and nationalities, providing an opportunity to learn about different culture across the world, especially Qatari culture and traditions.

“The fiesta is very nice, useful, and nurtures talents in students and creates competitive minds,” said Dana Ali, a student from MES Indian School participating in pencil drawing, noting that she came to know people from other cultures and made new friends.

It is worth mentioning that Qatar Charity has been organizing the Asian school Fiesta for students from expatriate Asian communities in Qatar since 2009.

Winners on the first day of the fiesta

The results of the first phases of the fiesta came out. In the Clay Modelling competition for the Junior category, Pooja Rajkumar from Birla Public School, Shruti Lakshmi from Doha Modern Indian School, and Jeffery Sanoj Varghese from Loyola International School, won first, second, and third places, respectively.

In the Craft Installation for the Senior category, Chris Maryam from Birla Public School, Abhishek Baiju from Bhavans Public School, and Srinath Lakshmi Narasimhan from Bhavans Public School bagged the first, second, and third ranks, respectively.

 In the Pencil Drawing for the Senior Category, Aishwarya Rajesh, Parthiv Das K, both from Shantinikethan Indian School, and Sriram Lakshmi Narasimhan from Bhavans Public School, won first, second, and third places, respectively.

In the Keyboard for the Sub Junior category, Layan Abdul Rahman from Newton British Academy, Shreehari Rakesh Nair from Ideal Indian School, and Anamika Krishna from Rajagiri Public School, won first, second, and third places, respectively.

In the Keyboard for the Junior category, Vismika Menon from Bhavans Public School, Raylone Reji Thomas from Rajagiri Public School, and Bhagath Krishnan from Birla Public School won first, second, and third places, respectively.

In the Keyboard for the senior category, Vishrut Anand from Bhavans Public School, Raylene Reji Thomas from Rajagiri Public School, and Shreyee Bhowmick from Birla Public School won first, second, and third places, respectively.

In the News Reading Malayalam for the Junior category, Archana Soman K. P, Adithi Vinod, and Janna Fatima Jabid, all from Rajagiri Public School, won first, second, and third places, respectively.