Colors of Lahore "The Basant Festival"

Colors of Lahore "The Basant Festival"

Family bussy in Kite Flyining

Lahore is the city of joy food and entertainment. The city of hearts always enjoys life at any cost. The city of life is full of culture and historical places. A city of life is full of heritage so how they can live with our fun activities. To enjoy time and fun at home and towns Lahore people likes to fly kites in the later part of the winter and in beginning of springs.The Basant Kite Festival, where people fly kites and spend time.The Kite Basanat is very famous and popular among kids, adults and older people.  In united north India includes Hyderabad Dakhan, Delhi, Rajistan and Punjab peasant is the festival, which people like to celebrate as a cultural thing. According to the Punjabi calendar it is held on the fifth day of the lunar month of Magha (in late January or early February) marking the start of spring. Amritsar, Lahore, Kasur, Gujharawala, Gujar Khan, and Rawalpindi are the traditional areas where kite flying festivals are held. A popular Basant Mela is held in Lahore. However, the festival has also been traditionally celebrated in areas such as Sialkot, Gujranwala and Gurdaspur.(locally lahore)

Colours of Basant

Historically, Maharaja Ranjit Singh held an annual Basant fair and introduced kite flying as a regular feature of the fairs held during the 19th century, which included holding fairs at Sufi shrines. Maharaja Ranjit Singh and his queen Moran would dress in yellow and fly kites on Basant. The association of kite flying with Basant soon became a Punjabi tradition with the center in Lahore which remains the regional hub of the festival throughout the Punjab region.Indeed, Maharaja Ranjit Singh held a Darbar or court in Lahore on Basant, which lasted ten days during which time soldiers would dress in yellow and show their military prowess. Other traditions of the Basant in Lahore included women swaying on the swings and singing. Now Punjab is divided between Pakistan and India and people still celebrates peasant kite festival both sides of the border.Lahore holds this festival of fly kite after separation and lead it on an international level. we can say that Lahore was the brand of the basant festival for many years. This activity engaged different industries such as hoteling, food, cotton and paper. Because wood, paper and cottons are used to make kites and Tring (door or dagha). During the basant festival Lahore become the city of color.People arrange parties like a religious festival. the invite friends and family for the whole spring season to fly kites and arrange concerts and sing the songs of happiness and wear colorful dresses. Nowadays, government ban this festival because they are unable to manage this festival which shows bad management.(research guide)

Colour of kites