The Basant kite-flying festival in Lahore, Pakistan is back after a ban 20 years ago, with new safety regulations in place to avoid accidents involving the kite strings. This is a photo gallery ...

Sharpened, toughened strings that were previously used caused injuries and deaths, which led to the festival being banned.

The vibrant celebration, banned for two decades, brightened the eastern city of Lahore, where residents face alarming levels ...

The Pakistani city of Lahore celebrated the revival of a historic kite festival called Basant last weekend, 19 years after kite flying there was deemed too dangerous and banned.

After injuries and fatalities caused by sharp strings, falls and celebratory gunfire, an event that dates back centuries returns.

A burst of color lit up Lahore’s night sky overnight as Pakistan’s cultural capital relaunched the Basant kite-flying festival after nearly two decades.

People gathered on rooftops to enjoy flying kites for the first time in years, celebrating the spring festival of Basant. The activity had been banned due to injuries and deaths during past ...

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