Category: Cuban

Kite Flying and Basant

Published March 26, 2007 in Afghani, American, Brazil, CULTURES, CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS, Cuban, HOLIDAYS, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Pakistani, Parades, Spring, Thai | Comments [4]
Picture: Kites over Pakistan, posted on Pakistani Pictures, originally uploaded by Manitoon. The Basant festival, celebrated in Pakistan and parts of India, welcomes the beginning of spring. In most places it is a one-day festival, strongly associated with kite flying. In Lahore, Pakistan, capital of the agriculture-based province of Punjab, Basant is [...] Read More »