Pakistani Defence Forum

Yahya

Feb 6 2005, 07:16 PM

intresting to see no ones posted yet.

basant is one of the most celbrated and most eagerly awaited days of the year in Pakistan. this traditional celibration is mostly celebrated in punjab lahore the most and rawal pindi not bad either. i personally have nevver seen basant in lahore but in rawal pindi i have and believe you and me its hectic the atmosphere is full of joy and utter excitement. the streets are filled with litle children buying kites and string. there are many types of both kites and strings kites compe in all shapes and have al sorts of designs while there are hundreds of types of string. mostly designed to do most most damage on oponents string or have best defence against enemy string. you sort of batle the strings which are pulled from one end by you and other end by the kite and then whose ever kite breaks loose is a looser baby. (the trick is to let give some and when they pull hard there string breaks ;))

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its the spirit of it all.

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Yahya

Feb 6 2005, 07:43 PM

Yahya

Feb 6 2005, 07:45 PM

i think somat abt dangers of using metal wire instead of string.

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making the strings.

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Yahya

Feb 6 2005, 07:49 PM

(there are some old picis aswell and some new.
any more pics welcome

SKL

Feb 6 2005, 08:46 PM

Participants and onlookers look up at Lahore's sky littered with hundreds of colorful kites during the kite flying festival, Basant, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, in Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistanis celebrate Basant festival by flying different kinds of kites, wearing colorful dresses, dancing and preparing special dishes for visitors to welcome spring, while tight security on the ground guarded against threats from hard-liners who condemn the revelry as un-Islamic.
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Mohammad Asharf, front, who was seriously injured when specially reinforced kite string cut his throat while he was riding on a motorbike, is attended by his brother at a local hospital in Lahore, Pakistan on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005. During the traditional kite flying festival, about 250 people were injured, three people fell to their deaths from rooftops, one died as a stray bullet hit him and four men died in road accidents, police said.
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16 killed in Basant festival

Sultan

Feb 6 2005, 09:42 PM

We also captured the Basant festival that took place in Dubai, just a few images, not many.

But our host is being a b__h, the server went down with no notification.

_kiLLuminati_

Feb 6 2005, 10:43 PM

QUOTE(Yahya @ Feb 6 2005, 07:43 PM)

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Thats an awfully dangerous place to be dancing around

Malikman

Feb 7 2005, 05:09 AM

Man these threads stuck with bits and pieces of sharp glass can really cut anything that comes along it.....

However, it is a very very colorful event in Pakistan. Lahore seems to be most involved in this activity.

Yahya

Feb 7 2005, 09:04 AM

malik thayt was old days. now some use same types of thread used in special forces!!! (throught cutting)

and also some use metal ones

i say a regulatory council is in need.

_kiLLuminati_

Feb 7 2005, 04:51 PM

QUOTE(Malikman @ Feb 7 2005, 05:09 AM)

Man these threads stuck with bits and pieces of sharp glass can really cut anything that comes along it.....

However, it is a very very colorful event in Pakistan. Lahore seems to be most involved in this activity.
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Lahore is the place to be

Baaki sub jaggay farigh hai

JK

haroons222

Feb 8 2005, 12:47 AM

Salam
Malik,its true that u can get cut,but i never really minded it.You can be smart and avoid SERIOUS cuts,tapping ur fingers every hour or getting special gloves is one way(although wearing gloves can hinder with ur control) but we all wanted to show off our cuts;)believe it or not.I never got seriously cut though,in my 7 major basants,everything heals in about a month(100%).Your fingers are pretty much functional after 3days to a week.

Like i said,the only problem i have is the firing,and the motorbike people.Those are the major sources of injury.Also the idiots u see on that thing they call roof.Ok it mite look courageous to them...and probably trying to impress some girls not int he picture,but iknow many people fall.thats 3rd source.But i still havent heard of people who fly kites getting seriously hurt coz of the threat.

Cheap people use metal wires and are a real nuisance,especially taking out the grid.Those idiots need to be punished as well.So all in all,most of the complaints 1% of the lahori population:P have against it, can easily be addressed but ppl are too lazy.

Aarshad

Feb 8 2005, 12:53 AM

Only they should do something active against the metal wires.

Malikman

Feb 9 2005, 06:32 AM

Thanks for the input guys.

I never participated in basant but i really enjoyed the festive mood.

My cousins in Lahore couldn't get enough of it, and yes they all show off their cuts to me!

They even bet on cars man! i thought that was whacked!

_kiLLuminati_

Feb 9 2005, 09:46 PM

QUOTE(haroons222 @ Feb 8 2005, 12:47 AM)

Salam
Malik,its true that u can get cut,but i never really minded it.You can be smart and avoid SERIOUS cuts,tapping ur fingers every hour or getting special gloves is one way(although wearing gloves can hinder with ur control) but we all wanted to show off our cuts;)believe it or not.I never got seriously cut though,in my 7 major basants,everything heals in about a month(100%).Your fingers are pretty much functional after 3days to a week.

Like i said,the only problem i have is the firing,and the motorbike people.Those are the major sources of injury.Also the idiots u see on that thing they call roof.Ok it mite look courageous to them...and probably trying to impress some girls not int he picture,but iknow many people fall.thats 3rd source.But i still havent heard of people who fly kites getting seriously hurt coz of the threat.

Cheap people use metal wires and are a real nuisance,especially taking out the grid.Those idiots need to be punished as well.So all in all,most of the complaints 1% of the lahori population:P have against it, can easily be addressed but ppl are too lazy.
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Getting them tangled in power lines is a big problem too. & also, people from Nishat Colony, & close by in Defence, fly their Kites above, right where the Landing Route for Airplanes heading to AI Intl. is. That also becomes a problem sometimes. Flying Kites in that area is actually banned, but people, especially from that undeveloped region of Nishat Colony fly them anyways.

What u see in the above pic where ppl r dancing on such a small roof is also very dangerous. As a matter of fact, a lot of deaths on Basant are caused by people falling off roofs.

JF-17

Feb 11 2005, 12:32 PM

we shld really put an end to basant.....its very dangrous in cities.....if there has to be some occasion like this....govt shld make it in a seperate area....

Yahya

Feb 11 2005, 01:23 PM

JF17 where do you live??? how long have you stayd in pakistan? and if you did stay in pakistan did you stay in any big citys? lahore, rawal pindi???

MKI

Feb 11 2005, 02:29 PM

Nice Pics. Reminds me of the kite flying festival we have in south India in Mid January. Probably these are similar festivals, miss them big time, i used to get a lot of tan in that couple of weeks by staying in the sun almost all day with friends flying kites and shouting in loud speakers, eating sweets and firing the left over Diwali rockets at others kites and have my mom worried. Larka haat se gaya.

But it had just the similar problems with people getting injured.

Yahya

Feb 11 2005, 03:25 PM

south india? what state?

cheif No 1

Feb 12 2005, 02:51 AM

QUOTE(_Samid_ @ Feb 7 2005, 04:51 PM)

Lahore is the place to be

Baaki sub jaggay farigh hai

JK
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other places people are productive and innovative.

visioninthedark

Feb 12 2005, 03:25 AM

Its wonderful to see people be happy and celebrate ... but they should also give safety a high priority ...

safety + celebration = a wonderful experience ....

_kiLLuminati_

Feb 12 2005, 10:48 PM

QUOTE(JF-17 @ Feb 11 2005, 12:32 PM)

we shld really put an end to basant.....its very dangrous in cities.....if there has to be some occasion like this....govt shld make it in a seperate area....
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Ur kidding right?
The People will never stop celeberating Basant. Even if the gov't banned it, they would still celeberate it & fly kites.
Its not that hazardous. Its not like half the people who celeberate it, get injured or die. There are just a small number of casualties when compared to the total population which takes part in it.

Yahya

Feb 13 2005, 03:42 AM

QUOTE(_Samid_ @ Feb 13 2005, 05:48 AM)

Ur kidding right?
The People will never stop celeberating Basant. Even if the gov't banned it, they would still celeberate it & fly kites.
Its not that hazardous. Its not like half the people who celeberate it, get injured or die. There are just a small number of casualties when compared to the total population which takes part in it.
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come to think of it i think it ws sort of baned once, not sure. i was omly litle.

_kiLLuminati_

Feb 13 2005, 04:55 AM

QUOTE(Yahya @ Feb 13 2005, 03:42 AM)

come to think of it i think it ws sort of baned once, not sure. i was omly litle.
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Flying Kites is banned in many areas, even in Lahore. U can get arrested & charged if u r caught. But not on Basant

Majeed

Mar 4 2005, 06:41 PM

QUOTE(Malikman @ Feb 7 2005, 05:09 AM)

Man these threads stuck with bits and pieces of sharp glass can really cut anything that comes along it.....

However, it is a very very colorful event in Pakistan. Lahore seems to be most involved in this activity.
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Well it is a punjabi festival with roots coming from bulleya I believe??

Sultan

Mar 4 2005, 07:40 PM

Basant being celebrated in Dubai by Pakistanis

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Sultan

Mar 4 2005, 07:42 PM

_saad_

Mar 5 2005, 05:49 PM

yaar my aunt got hit by a bullet on basant and she was carrying my sister who was around 2 or 3. on the next basant i was really sacred about going on the roof who know some idoit might fire a bullet with my name on it

sobank

Mar 5 2005, 06:49 PM

QUOTE(Malikman @ Feb 7 2005, 06:09 AM)

Man these threads stuck with bits and pieces of sharp glass can really cut anything that comes along it.....

However, it is a very very colorful event in Pakistan. Lahore seems to be most involved in this activity.
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yes they can cut through your skin easily and that is why we tape our hands big time on basant day.but again if your hand is not cut then you havent been into basant

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FALCONPOWER

Mar 5 2005, 08:36 PM

BASANT( ILOVE BASANT)

sobank

Mar 5 2005, 09:41 PM

well lots of idiots think when the fire into sky its safe. These bloody illetrate asses think when they fire in the air the bullet just vansihes. well NO. its a projectile and comes back and hit the ground with the same velocity.

Yahya

Mar 7 2005, 06:42 PM

QUOTE(sobank @ Mar 6 2005, 04:41 AM)

well lots of idiots think when the fire into sky its safe. These bloody illetrate asses think when they fire in the air the bullet just vansihes. well NO. its a projectile and comes back and hit the ground with the same velocity.
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if the bullet is fired directly up its kool 45% makes the bullet travel at constant velocity untill it falls...(slowed a litle due to resistance though..