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.