Thursday 29 December 2011

Rave-ing & Ranting in Goa for New Yearz Eve !!

Intelligentia, literati, scribes, muckrakers are all I’ve hopped parties with so far where the highest decibel was provided by the Italian Operatic Tenor - Pavarotti or the Hindustani Classical Vocalist – Pandit Bhimsen Joshi….and greatest move made was towards the buffet table.

This would certainly be the first for me to dance to ear-deafening hundreds of watts of trance & techno music and be flooded with broad and dense laser beams in environs that are practically not visible in the otherwise pitch dark venue with thick artificial fog clouding your view (or what little is left of your view) - of your co-dancer. Phew! You’d have to be a Navy Seal to navigate through this unpredictable terrain! Wonder how they do it?!

They call them Rave Parties. And Goa is a ‘Rave Party Capital’ of India and is reckoned number 3 on the list of ‘Top Rave Party Destinations of the World’. Originating in the 60’s Hippie Culture and refined in the acid-house parties in the 80’s by the DJs of Chicago – Goa’s acid parties are transitioning into yet another trend. Silence!

Music is played alright…only….directly into the ears of the party-hoppers. Yup you heard it right. You would wear headphones that are connected through WIFI to the DJ system and hence would have music streamed to you directly. Now THIS is what caught my fancy. I heard these parties are catching on – especially on the Anjuna Beach in Goa. So That’s where I’m headed this New Year’s Eve. Lemme see what are raving and ranting about. Goa Ahoy!

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