Basant is a big festival of Pakistan it is also known as a Jashn-e- Baharan. It is celebrated in February of each year. The kite lover’s like to fly kites day and night. Parties are designed to celebrate it. People planned different type of the get together to meet each other. Sky is full with colorful kites of different shapes and sizes day and night. Many people organized the different competition in city especially Androon Lahore. These competitions are extremely serious and the victories depend on the quality of “Dorr” (special thread use to fly the kites). This festival gained the attention more and more over the years from all over the world. Many visitors come to Lahore to attend this festival. Its increase the Pakistani tourism many outsiders come to Lahore especially to see this event. Women also participate in this event they wear yellow and green dresses to make this festival more colorful. This beautiful festival is banned from 2007 because of some dishonest people who used the dangerous chemical in Dorr which was harmful for human beings.
Every year the arrival of spring brings with it the much-awaited festival of the year, the Basant. Also known as Jashn-i-Baharan, people participate in kite flying matches to herald the coming of spring. This festival is at its peak in Lahore. Basant is not only a kite flying event, but also a cultural festival of traditional food, dresses, dances and music.
Every year, tourists from all over the world gather in Lahore to witness the most colourful and entertaining festival of the year. Not only in Lahore, Basant is celebrated with much fervour and zeal in other cities of Pakistan too. Young and old alike take great pleasure in celebrating Basant. While the kids and men are busy in kite flying, the women are busy in making delicious food. Everyone gathers on the roof tops to watch and participate as the spring winds whip the brilliantly coloured diamond-shaped paper kites into the air in such large