The last Ten years, I celebrate basant by going back home to Pakistan. I enjoyed it very much. Nowadays, we have created the flying club. Lots of people get together and fly kites.
The procedure is quite different in New York. Here we have to abide by the rules of law. Firstly, we cannot fly kites in our backyards or roof tops. The city allow us to fly kites but only in designated areas.
Slowly and steadily, people are coming out to enjoy kite flying. Firstly, there were no shops in New York where one would buy kites. Nowadays, the kites are readily available from any desi online store or www.Pakiatanikite.com.
BASANT’S TRADITIONS:
In pre-partition India, Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs all celebrated Basant. Basant festivals held in all major cities of Punjab. Yellow clothes were worn; men wore yellow turbans and women yellow dupattas and saris. It was common to sway swings among Hindu, Muslim and Sikh women together and Basant’s traditional songs were sung that reflected the liveliness and romance of life in Punjab.
Kite flying was common but on a small scale with decency. . After partition, slowly kite flying became very popular in Punjab. People on their day off would fly kites from their rooftops. And then, people started flying kites in grounds. Two groups use to fly kites. There would be two teams consisting of 20 – 30 members. Who would fly Pecha.
Every year in the month of February Pakistan used to celebrated Basant. People would flock from far away lands to those living outside the city. Many different nationalities would visit Pakistan, especially to see the kites. The entire city of Lahore would be drowned in the shouts of BO-KA-TA. People from everywhere would flock to Lahore in order to catch a glimpse of the every popular tradition of Basant.
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