Exporting Halloween

My Halloween experience in Bangalore deserves its own post. I had low expectations when it came to celebrating Halloween here, but to my surprise the thriving expat community/my personal ambition brought some life to what would otherwise be a very dead holiday.

This past Saturday my roommate Max and I joined about 75 other expats for an outdoor Halloween party sponsored by a hotel. We managed to convince the security guards at our job to allow us to borrow their uniforms, and arrived at the party decked out from head to toe in Security Guard finery. After exchanging glances with the hotel security staff, we made our way into the party. Surprisingly, people took their costumes quite seriously and covered the entire spectrum, from a group dressed as ABBA, to Captain Jack Sparrow, to bloody prom queens.






Of course, Halloween Day couldn’t go by without taking part in the age-old tradition of carving jack-o-lanterns. As you can imagine, pumpkins aren’t as abundant in India, so Sumit, Diana and I made due with a watermelon. I wonder if this means I’ll be decorating a palm tree this year for Christmas?