Basant Festival Happening Again in Pakistan Ever

Today, the overseas Pakistanis of Sweden, Germany, KSA, and Canada cherish this sport to the fullest: Watch my tiktok video as a proof

DIFFERENT POPULAR TYPES OF KITES:

• Tukkal, or commonly named patang with further popular smaller “pendi” lower half designs such as Shastru or Teera (Popular sizes Saday-Chaar Gitthe, 5 Gitthey, 6.5 Gitthey)
• Kup with the Big Dhol and mota taa
• mondayan wala gudda the one with Prefect badges or akhan wala gudda the one with eyes
• Nikhlaow Kut with Chota Paan (used as Stright flight haath marna’ or Phenti lgana’ or khich marna‘)
• Gudda (Popular Sizes Adda Poona/Poona Tawa usally for sigrat sorrakh for lightening the weight in the discource of Chamero, Safeed Tawa, Dedh Tawa, 2.5 Tawa, 4 Tawa, 6 Tawa and the babay)
• Pari or the Para with their distinct poochal (A square with floral springs arrangement at the bottom)
• Loomar Much like a trapezoid with a poochal (also called machar; favorite combination with Paanch pande dor, could be made with polythene bags)

The biggest, or perhaps the best known, festival of Lahore, was indeed that of Basant (or Jashn-e-Baharaan) held in February each year. Basant used to be a Punjabi festival celebrating the onset of the spring season and is also called the Basant Festival of kites.

This festival was celebrated with kite flying pecha competitions all over the city especially in the Androon-E-Shehr (The Inner City or the Walled City of Lahore) area. Even today, some people are known to regret quoting that they voted the Lions, PML (N), and what is they did to them. Today, The Govt. of PTI in Punjab can win hearts should they call for safe Basant; also owning to the threats of PDM.

Why Basant is banned in Pakistan

Supreme Court of Pakistan dismissed all the petitions that challenged the ban of Basant in the Year 2005. The then Chief Minister of Punjab held Kite flyers and traders responsible for deaths or serious injuries and imposed an embargo ruled under the Anti-Terrorism Act in Pakistan’s Punjab province on 10th March 2006 depriving people of a centuries-old sport. At that time, heavy-hearted socialites quickly canceled fabulous parties in their fairy-lit mansions, while corporate bashes on rooftops overlooking the red sandstone Badshahi mosque and 16th century Lahore Fort were called off. Undoubtedly owing to the obstinacy of the flyers who refuse to use a safe string and the frequent power cuts caused by falling kites embodied some of the key problems.

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