ADDING MORE COLORS

Kites high up in the air, people dressed in bright yellow colored dresses, music, food, happiness and total fiesta all this would sum up basant for us. Basant is a festival which was celebrated every year in Lahore where people would enjoy flying kites, its origin is from Lahore and due to its entertainment it has now taken the entire nation by storm. It is celebrated in every corner of Pakistan, people often decorate their houses with kites and yellow flowers called “ ganday kay phool” , women make new dresses for this special occasion and wear bangles. It has become an important part of our culture now. The media also participates in the promotion and publicity of this event each year and not only have this but big company such as coca cola even sponsored basant activities. Promotional songs are also sung by various singers to add more life to the celebrations. Basant is becoming a very important aspect as far as tourist attraction is concerned, many foreigners fly from different parts of the world to see this even which for them is a combination of color, music and bucket full of fun.