Come Thursday and most Goan youths will stay late into the night, making effigies of the Narkasur by the street corners or a building nearby.A few years back I went to sight-see Narkasurs around Panjim at midnight and was amused to see youngsters dancing, drumming, chanting slogans in front of their Narkasur effigies -- labeled after corrupt/crook politicians.
In real life we come across a number of Narkasurs who abuse their power and positions to pursue personal and selfish goals. We wish they are meted out the punishments that a typical Hindi movie villain gets. But in real/civilised world that doesn’t happen, no one goes and beat the shit out of the devil because then he will be called the bigger Narkasur.
So on an occasion like this, by naming, shaming and portraying the villains to huge horned demons, we kind of vent out the bitterness inside us and lighten ourselves for the bright future. This is the Narkasur killing festival I would love to reminisce.
But nowadays we see the bigger demons hijacking this innocent exuberance of youths by throwing wads of money in the form of prizes/sponsorships, which frighten me -- Narkasurs glorifying themselves and hypnotizing common people to chant their spells.
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