Basant is a true Lahori celebration of colors, flowers, kites, fragrances, of love & of a sweet youthful time called Spring. Each March brings the colorful blooming of Lahore, the city of Gardens.Whole of the city is decorated with colorful sponsor banners and lights allalong the canal, the Mall Road and Main Boulevard, Gulberg. All majorlandmarks are lit up to show grandeur of Lahore’s rich architecture and itsMughal & British Colonial heritage.
Queen Noor Jehan’s brother, Asif Jah’s Haveli; all lit up for
Basant
Friends and family gather at common places to celebrate reunions and partyfor most of the Basant Night. Starting from the sunset, flood lights are litup all over the city’s skyline as people start off with white-kite flying.BarBQs are served with traditional Lahori dishes as the cries of “Bo Katas” &Dhol (traditional drums) echo throughout the next day.
Friends & Family celebrate Basant :
People from different cultures and countries are welcomed by their hosts.Many foreign dignitaries, diplomats from the federal capital, Islamabad areinvited over to different Basant events in Lahore.
A Kite Shop in Lahore
Basant has become the biggest drawer of tourists for this historic city andPakistan’s cultural capital. Most of the suburbans book roofs in the old cityespecially for this event. From 5-star hotels to Golf Clubs, from Banks toTelecom companies; all become a part of Jashn-e-Baharan (Celebration of theSpring) by arranging functions of their own in different vicinites of thecity.
A local McDonald’s celebrates Basant
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