The long night of ghouls and ghosts, tricks and treats
The spooky ghosts ready to trick or treat at BU's Halloween Night. Photo by Chaitanya Pramod
By Anubha Shriwas
It was the spookiest festival atBennett University . It was Halloween night. The campus was decorated with skulls, pumpkins, crosses, and all things that screamed scary.
Students dressed up as witches, vampires and even their favourite anime characters. Fairy lights lit up campus as students feasted at street food stalls. And that was not all : a photo booth with props for pictures, face and body painting stalls and one entertainment show after another.
Celebrations started with an open-mic horror storytelling ‘Boos and Hoos’ by the debating society Cerebrum followed by ‘Scary Monologues’ by Ansh, the acting society. The stories they performed were creative as well as original.
“I am the soul of a father who has possessed a mob boss's body and is now avenging the death of my daughter who had been raped,” said Jatin Singhal, performing his monologue at the event, sending a chill down the spines of the audience
The dance society, Verve, surprised the audience with a flash mob. They showcased a scary dance performance followed by a ramp walk for the best costumes, organised by Panache, the fashion society. Models walked ramp to live music performed by Advaita, the music society. “We thought a ramp walk would be the perfect way to show how people got creative with outfits and we collaborated with Advaita for live music which added a different essence to it,” said Pushp Sharma, the joint secretary of Panache. The costumes and formations of the models were in sync, spinning a scary tale.
Continuing the festivities, Rivaaz, the classical dance society, performed four horror stories, based on real events, using different classical dance forms. Following this, there was a game called ‘Wrap Up like a Mummy race.’ “I was surprised to win the first round and shocked to lose the last round but overall my partner Vanshika and I had a lot of fun.” said Vaidehi Shah, a participant. A DJ night followed this where people danced for hours. The celebrations ended in the spookiest way, with Sunset, the movie society, screening the movie, ‘The Exorcism of Emily Rose.’
(The writer is a Sem 3 students ofBAJMC course)
It was the spookiest festival at
Celebrations started with an open-mic horror storytelling ‘Boos and Hoos’ by the debating society Cerebrum followed by ‘Scary Monologues’ by Ansh, the acting society. The stories they performed were creative as well as original.
“I am the soul of a father who has possessed a mob boss's body and is now avenging the death of my daughter who had been raped,” said Jatin Singhal, performing his monologue at the event, sending a chill down the spines of the audience
The dance society, Verve, surprised the audience with a flash mob. They showcased a scary dance performance followed by a ramp walk for the best costumes, organised by Panache, the fashion society. Models walked ramp to live music performed by Advaita, the music society. “We thought a ramp walk would be the perfect way to show how people got creative with outfits and we collaborated with Advaita for live music which added a different essence to it,” said Pushp Sharma, the joint secretary of Panache. The costumes and formations of the models were in sync, spinning a scary tale.
Continuing the festivities, Rivaaz, the classical dance society, performed four horror stories, based on real events, using different classical dance forms. Following this, there was a game called ‘Wrap Up like a Mummy race.’ “I was surprised to win the first round and shocked to lose the last round but overall my partner Vanshika and I had a lot of fun.” said Vaidehi Shah, a participant. A DJ night followed this where people danced for hours. The celebrations ended in the spookiest way, with Sunset, the movie society, screening the movie, ‘The Exorcism of Emily Rose.’
(The writer is a Sem 3 students of
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