Basant Day in Pakistan

 

Basant or Vasant is a famous festival in the Indian sub-continent. This is also called kite festival. In the early time it wasn’t considered or celebrated as festival but now it has become a big festivity in India and Pakistan. Basant means a festival at which kites are flew and people enjoy. It is the time of the people for their recreation and entertainment. The Basant festival is celebrated at the end of the winter season and at the start of the beautiful spring season. It says good bye to winter and welcomes the spring in which flowers are blossom and birds sing sweet songs. Basant is marked as the first festival of the year so everyone tries to make it memorable and joyful. It is celebrated allover Pakistan with great enthusiasm. People from all of every age enjoy the festival without gender discrimination. Especially boys, girls and children show more enthusiasm. At this day people get up early in the morning and offer their holly rituals. After their sacred obligations, the festivity begins. Boys, girls, men, women and children wear yellow, green or red or combination of these colors. People buy the kites and strings in big quantity. The people are get-together and sing the sweet songs of spring. The festivities of Basant festival are celebrated in Pakistan in their full swing.  Lahore is the centre point for the entertaining activities of Basant. Initially the festival was celebrated in the outer sides of the city then it got more attention and became one of the most important festivals in the city. Other than the city of Lahore there are some other cities like Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Sialkot, Jhelum, Kasur and Rawalpindi/Islamabad where Basant is celebrated with great attraction. . It makes people happy and brings them out from their daily hectic routine. The biggest festival of all it was the centre of attention for people of all ages, young and old. Basant alone was grandeur than any other festival celebrated in the country.

Dresses for mehndi in Pakistan

In the function of Mehndi in Pakistan Usually girls wear the yellow colour dresses. Bride as well as others girls wear yellow or green colour dresses. The dress may be shalwar kameez, long shirt and chooridar, kurti or can be lehnga. Girls enjoy alot in this function and put mehndi on their hands. It is said that as much as the dark color of mehndi on the hand of girl, more she will be loved by her husband. There are many beautiful designs of mehndi for hands and feet.

Products in Ajrak Design

Ajrak is taken from the word Azrak which means blue as it is in the dye printing of Ajrak. Ajrak do not only show the culture of pakistan but it is the symbol of respect and hospitality. Therefore it is more than the fabric for the people of pakistan. There are many products that are made in the print of Ajrak such as: Dresses, Cups, Handbags, Bedsheets and many others. when people from outside come to Pakistan (Sindh) for visit then they will be honored with Ajrak and Topi. The idiom “from cradle to grave” is used when we talk about the Sindhi Culture. It would perfectly fit because of  usage of Ajrak which starts from the birth of child when Ajrak is used as a hammock.  It is a important part of Sindhi culture and an integral part of Sindhi apparel.

Dresses made of Ajrak

People in Pakistan like to wear ajrak as it shows their culture, so they also like to wear dresses in the print same as ajrak.Dresses of different styles can be made from the ajrak like printed clothe. It can be Shalwar Kameez that is usually wear by women in pakistan or it can be frok or short kurti.
Ajrak is worn by women as a shawl or scarf. Embroidery can also be done on this printed clothes to make it more beautiful. This type of dresses are also liked by the people out of pakistan and mostly they import Ajrak, Rilli and many other traditional products from pakistan.

Hand Made Jewellery

Designs of traditional Jewellery in Pakistan

Pakistani traditional jewellery is a mix of tradition, latest designs and techniques. Pakistani women have a great passion for jewelry and they wear it with a great interest. Same designs can be made in gold, silver as well as artificially.The Pakistani traditional jewellery is a perfect combination of ancient Mughal and latest modern jewellery. Pakistan was described as a “treasure trove” having its rivers full of stones. The wealth in natural resources coupled with the love of ornamentation resulted in the richness of jewellery worn by men and women from the ancient times. The Mughal emperors showed particular interest in increasing the collection of fine jewellery.

Traditional gifts of Pakistan (Jewellery box)

This is the wooden jewellery box, use for keeping the jewelery safe. if jewellry is not kept safe then it will be turn to black or after sometime it become shinning less and seems to be old. Jewellery box is safe place to keep your jewellrey new and having shininess.
Below are the handmade jwellery box that are made in pakistan. Handmade jewellery box are long lasting and give cultural look.