Happy Valentines Day Or Basant
LAHORE: The District Flying Association announced on Sunday to celebrate ‘basant’ in Lahore from Feb 20 to 21.
On the other hand, Punjab’s Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said the Punjab Assembly has not given any permission in this connection.
The DFA said that basant would be celebrated in line with the safety measures chalked out by the government.
DFA General Secretary Sheikh Salim told media that kites would be made available from Feb 5 in the city.
Hundreds of people are associated with the business of kite flying and it is a good step that Punjab Assembly has given a permission for basant.
Basant is celebrated at a time when the winter months are nearing to an end and spring is just around the corner. There is a famous Punjabi phrase for this event "Basant- pala aurant", which means that with the advent of Basant the cold weather flies away.
As the story goes many years ago some Hindus massacred a large group of Muslims and thereafter celebrated on their dead bodies. However there is no actual recorded incident of this sort in history and hence this myth could never be proved or verified.
Coinciding with mating season, symbolically Basant is believed to symbolize heightened emotions sending a message of love to all man and animal alike. An interesting compliment to this theory is the celebration of the famous western occasion Valentines Day celebrated February 14th near the same dates of that of the local Basant.
The celebrations kick off with people especially the women wearing bright yellow clothes, while families and friends gather together at rooftop feasts to mark the occasion
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