These days, Colas mentors young people from various background as she is often involved with underprivileged youth in schools and community centres on the issues of staying in school, academic achievement, self-esteem, and excellence. the Fade to Black Festival in Montreal, dedicated to celebrating Black History Month.the Festival Haïti en Folie in Montreal, the largest multi-disciplinary festival outside Haiti entirely dedicated to Haitian culture.the Montreal International Black Film Festival (MIBFF), Canada’s largest black film festival.She is the founding president of many popular international festivals that attract more than 100 000 festival-goers each year, international celebrities and incredible media coverage, which includes: In 2008, she directed and produced her first film Minuit, in which she played the leading role. After a successful film career in Haiti, Colas decided to pursue her career in Quebec, playing roles in various small and big screen productions such as L’Auberge du chien noir, Virginie, and Trauma. In addition, volunteers give public readings of A-bomb survivors' memoirs inside this building.She started her career as a model, being crowned Miss Haiti in 2000. In the Temporary Exhibition Area, theme exhibitions are held with collected memoirs of A-bomb survivors. Visitors can view the photographs of Hiroshima before and after the bombing, and videotapes in which survivors tell their stories. Various activities, including collecting and making public memoirs of A-bomb survivors, and names and photographs of A-bomb victimsĪs a means of conveying the reality of the damage caused by the atomic bombing, the Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims collects memoirs of A-bomb survivors and names and photographs of A-bomb victims, and makes them available in the Victims' Information Area (only names and photographs) and Library.This slope represents travel from the present to the past, when the atomic bomb was dropped. To show visitors the magnitude of the damage caused by the atomic bomb, the hall presents a panoramic view of the A-bombed city from Shima Hospital, located close to the atomic bomb hypocenter, with 140,000 roof tiles?equal to the number of people estimated to have died as a result of the atomic bomb by the end of 1945.įrom the first basement, which has an entrance to the building, a counterclockwise spiral slope leads to the Hall of Remembrance. Here is a place to quietly mourn A-bomb victims and reflect on peace. In the second basement of the building is the Hall of Remembrance, a cylindrical space with a high ceiling. The monument is surrounded by water, an offering for victims who died craving water, and A-bombed roof tiles unearthed from the premises during construction of the monument. In the center of the above-ground area is the Monument to 8:15 − the moment the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. The Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims is an effort by the Japanese government to remember and mourn the atomic bomb victims, to pray for eternal peace, to deepen world public understanding of the horrors of atomic bombs and to convey the A-bomb experience to later generations. One story above ground and two stories underground
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