Thursday, February 19, 2009

Goa Wine and Women

It's that of the year again. Carnival is round the corner and many of the Goans are already at their drawing boards.

Carnival used to be a clean festival of fun. However, in the recent years a lot of expectations have been built around the celebrations. Due to the reputations of its namesake, the carnival of Rio, people have created expectations of dance, fun, music AND lots of women, wine and sex from the festival of carnival.

I am not surprised when my friends seem to have images in their minds of 3 days of extreme libido. They can clearly imagine a riot of color and naked and intoxicated women crawling all over begging for sex. They can clearly imagine scenes of free sexual encounters in every nook and corner of Goa. They can clearly imagine scenes of loud music, dance and a general sense of extreme nirvana in the days of the carnival.

What happened to the good old Intruz? And have we Goans only added to the expectations of today?