Thor and Dracula on stage at this cosplay event

Fictional characters from Suicide Squad and

Harry Potter

strutted in style at Parvatibai

Chowgule

College on Monday to take part in the third edition of Cosfest Goa organised by the English department of the college. Among the other characters were Pennywise,

Dracula

, Immortan Joe and Iron Man too!
Not just students of Chowgule, but students from many other colleges from across the state were excited to be a part of Goa’s only

cosplay

event. Chayne Lobo from St Xavier’s College was there dressed as

Kylo Ren

from the

Star Wars

series. Shanaia Colaco, from Rosary College, was dressed as Valak from The Nun and said, “I love horror movies and decided to pick this character.” Pricillia Gomes, from the same group, says, “We’re studying Macbeth in college, and I like

Lady Macbeth

’s character. We’ve put together our costumes by ourselves.”
Though there’s a growing interest in cosplay among Goan youngsters, not many events take place, which is why students visit Comic Con events in Mumbai or Bangalore. Crystal Fernandes, SYBA student from Chowgule College who was cosplaying Enchantress from Suicide Squad, says, “Last December we went to Mumbai Comic Con and I won a prize there! I have made everything from scratch, including all the jewellery.”
Zoya Rebelo was dressed as the anime character Jessie from Team Rocket. Students got together in groups to create their costumes. Tefencia Barretto was the mascot representing

Goa University

. “I’m taking the role of Effie Trinket for this year’s event. I love to dress up and that’s why I chose Effie, as her costumes are very flashy and I felt that it would stand out in a crowd. There were five of us working on the costume and props, like the mirror and microphone. We did the entire outer part of the dress with cloth and the bands on the hand with silver paper.”
Abhirajsinh Bhatti was dressed as Harlequinn, The King of Fairies. Abigail Rodrigues from Carmel College, who was there as Hela wanted to kill all the “stupid human beings!” She adds, “I made this costume with my mom’s help. It took us two days to stitch the costume. The headgear was a disaster initially, but we managed.”