If you head out tonight and bump into the devil, or think you saw a ghost drive past, don’t rub your eyes.
You probably did see right as youngsters in the city, cheered on by restaurants, are planning to dress up in the wildest of costumes and head out to Halloween parties.
From allowing only those in costumes to enter bars and working on the presentation of food by coming up with spooky themes, it promises to be a night where nobody will give you a second look if you walk up to the bar and order for some ‘Vampire’s Blood’.
While lavish buffets and food courts at malls are making an attempt to create an environment where children have fun, it is the bars in town that are pulling out all the stops to get people to do something out of the ordinary.
Varsha Malik says: “Last year, I walked up and down the street at Hauz Khas Village with a long tail. I thought I would attract a lot of attention, but I was surprised to see how many people had dressed up for the occasion and I fit right in. I could not believe that I was in Delhi and people had put in effort to choose costumes. It was not just about wearing devil horns and makeup. People actually took the trouble to style themselves. It was a visual treat.”
This year, Varsha says, she will dress as a “self-styled godwoman”.
Even the Embassy of Mexico, where Halloween is the first day of the Mexican Day of the Dead, has joined in for some fun.
The embassy is helping the Piano Man Jazz Club turn into a giant ‘dead-themed bar’.
Monkey Bar in Vasant Kunj plans to be the spookiest place in town with visitors getting an opportunity to party among tombstones, spider webs, fog and glowing pumpkins.
Hang Out in Saket, meanwhile, will offer kids a chance to savor uncanny dishes prepared specially for Halloween and get spooked at the 3D/4D theatre.
Many places are also offering prizes to those who are the best dressed and have come up with innovative names for drinks and dishes. Event organisers are also organising Halloween crawls in HKV and Connaught Place and participants will go from one venue to another to sample all the parties.
In fact, makeup artist Lavanya Kumari said a group of college children had fixed an appointment with her, asking her to dress them up for their night crawl.
According to her, Halloween bookings have become a regular affair in the past few years.
Lavish buffets and food courts at malls are making an attempt to create an environment where children have fun, while it is the bars in town that are pulling
out all the stops to get people to do something out of the ordinary