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Kites and victory cries fill Lahore skies as festival returns after long ban
LAHORE: Extravagantly colored kites dueled above Lahore and cries of victory rang out from rooftops on Friday, as the city celebrated the lifting of an 18-year ban on a spectacular three-day traditional Punjabi kite-flying festival. The Basant, a festival marking the onset of spring, was banned in 2008 after deaths and injuries to motorcyclists and pedestrians from stray kite strings — sometimes coated with metal to make them more fearsome in mid-air battles.
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Pakistan’s Lahore marks Basant festival after government lifts decades-old ban on kite flying
ISLAMABAD: The eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Friday welcomed the return of Basant spring festival after the government this year lifted a more than two-decade-old ban on…
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aljazeera.com
‘Magical atmosphere’: Kite fever lights up Lahore as Basant boosts economy
Spring festival comeback injects millions of dollars into local economy as businesses cash in on Basant frenzy.
