DEMON TIME
Any
number of children can play this game. By reciting one Hare Krishna
mantra, a child is chosen to be demon Kamsa. The other children line up
behind him. As they walk along, they ask, “What’s the time, demon
Kamsa?” Kamsa turns around and says any time he wants, “Two o’ clock,”
for example. Then they all go on walking. After a short while they ask
the same question, and Kamsa gives another hour of the day. After the
players have asked the question a few times, Kamsa turns around and
finally answers “It’s demon time!” and chases them. The child he
catches becomes the next demon. Each child may choose the demon he will
play –Kamsa, Putana, Shalva, Aghasura –and make terrible faces.