After more than eighteen years of prohibition, the skies over Lahore are once again filled with kites as the city relives the excitement of the Basant festival this weekend, a centuries-old celebration of spring and one of Punjab’s major non-religious cultural events. The revival raises the question of whether it marks the start of a lasting tradition or merely a temporary interlude before a possible return of the ban. A report from Pakistan by correspondents Shahzaib Wahlah and Ondine de Gaulle. Keywords for this article Source link