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The Facts The Basant kite festival returned to Lahore, Pakistan, this week after a nearly two-decade ban. The traditional Punjabi spring celebration, centered on competitive kite flying, rooftop gatherings, and music, filled the city's skies with color on February 6-8, 2026. The festival was prohibited in 2005 following fatal accidents caused by razor-sharp, metal- or glass-coated kite strings. Approximately a dozen people, mostly motorcyclists and pedestrians, died when the