Desi cultural celebrations

LP · November 22, 2013, 7:38pm

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Can you tell more about the origin of these cultural festivals ?

muqawwee123 · November 22, 2013, 7:38pm

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not in Pakistan.. but they do celebrate it in India.

muqawwee123 · November 22, 2013, 7:40pm

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Basant (a Sanskrit word for spring) is a seasonal festival of Indo-Pak sub-continent and it has no religious bearings. Basant is the herald of the spring and celebrated in winter (Magh) on the fourth or fifth day of lunar month. This is the reason why it is called Basant Panchami. Basant season starts on this day, therefore, Basant is regarded the herald of spring, wheat grows, and mustard blossoms in this season. (Old Aryan tradition divides a year into six seasons each having two months. Mustard blossom that is yellow in color is considered the color of spring and accordingly yellow outfits were worn).

In pre-partition India Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs all celebrated Basant. Basant festivals held in all major cities of Punjab. Yellow clothes were worn; men wore yellow turbans and women yellow dupattas and saris. It was common to sway swings among Hindu, Muslim and Sikh women together and Basant’s traditional songs were sung that reflected the liveliness and romance of life in Punjab. Kite flying was common but on a small scale with decency.

Source: The history of Basant | Lahore Nama

TlGER · November 22, 2013, 7:42pm

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Nowadays he is out of business, their majjs are on dharna strike.
unki demands hain..insan dodh mein pani milaye...pani mein dodh nahi..hamari reputation kharab hoti hai

LP · November 23, 2013, 3:52pm

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muqawwee123:

Basant (a Sanskrit word for spring) is a seasonal festival of Indo-Pak sub-continent and it has no religious bearings. Basant is the herald of the spring and celebrated in winter (Magh) on the fourth or fifth day of lunar month. This is the reason why it is called Basant Panchami. Basant season starts on this day, therefore, Basant is regarded the herald of spring, wheat grows, and mustard blossoms in this season. (Old Aryan tradition divides a year into six seasons each having two months. Mustard blossom that is yellow in color is considered the color of spring and accordingly yellow outfits were worn).

In pre-partition India Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs all celebrated Basant. Basant festivals held in all major cities of Punjab. Yellow clothes were worn; men wore yellow turbans and women yellow dupattas and saris. It was common to sway swings among Hindu, Muslim and Sikh women together and Basant’s traditional songs were sung that reflected the liveliness and romance of life in Punjab. Kite flying was common but on a small scale with decency.

Source: The history of Basant | Lahore Nama

Thanks

Any other cultural celebrations ?

Ali_Syed · November 23, 2013, 4:00pm

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There used to be this "Horse and Cattle show" in Lahore... I am not sure if its still going on or not, it was stopped a few years ago due to security.

muqawwee123 · November 23, 2013, 4:19pm

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The most common celebration where people from all religions show their presence in desi society is Urs on dargahs of Muslim saints like Nizam u din Auliay, Qalandar Shahbaz, Data Ganj Bux, etc

Other than that all Hindu festivals (except Diwali) were actually traditional festivals related to change in weather, harvesting, etc