Basant festival (mela) in Lahore

Basant Mela is not only a kite-flying event but also a cultural festival consisting of traditional food, colourful dresses and bangles, and dancing and music.Yellow is the main colour of this festival as it depicts the blossoming spring flowers and the yellow mustard fields of Punjab (a province of Pakistan of which Lahore is the capital). The men wear yellow scarves and the ladies wear yellow, red, and golden clothes and put on bangles (gajras) made of fresh flowers.

The sky above Lahore is filled with colourful kites of various shapes and sizes. The people participate in kite-flying competitions and are familiar with the usual Basant vocabulary such as ‘Bo kata, Door, Pecha, Patang, Manja, and Guddi’.

This is a festival of colours, lights, and traditional food. Special dishes are prepared in huge pots called deig, and this food is served free in the shops and restaurants along the sides of the road. The festival is an important part of the city’s culture, and the people of Lahore take pride in Basant. There are other cities in which Basant is also celebrated, such as Faisalabad, Sialkot, Gujranwala, Jehlum, and Rawalpindi.  But it is Lahore which made the festival so popular, not only in Pakistan but all over the world.

Lahore became very festive and noisy and the sky filled with colourful kites. There was music and dance everywhere and the aroma of traditional food was intoxicating. Amir heard shouts of ‘Bo Kata! Bo Kata!’ and ran with his friends to watch the kites fighting in the sky, some falling to the ground after losing the battle. It was February, and the beautiful kites up in the sky heralded the coming of a new spring but now i dont know when it time back again its the culture of Lahoreis i have observed that if the govt will provide the best place for this festival then we can real enjoy and the tourism will more increase in the other side police should take the action against those who violet the rules its not just in Pakistan but all over the world 

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