Saturday, 9 May 2015

Spring Festival Lahore

Lahore: Entrance of the Jilani Park welcoming the visitors to get a kick out of the carnival. 
Culture is the principle of conscious life. If a state is garden then culture are the flowers by which the garden is decorated. Visitors recognize the garden by the colors and fragrance of flowers. Nations identified by their culture. “Desi Culture” adopted by Pakistan is familiar all over the world. Word Desi recalls food, art, clothes, music festivals and historical places related to particular nation. In Pakistan people welcomes western culture as well. However, carnivals and different exhibitions holding the privilege to preserve the true meaning of  “Desi Culture”.
          Pakistan Horticulture Authority (PHA) plays a vital role in arranging cultural events in different areas of Pakistan. Lahore city enjoys unique position in arranging many events and exhibitions.
           Every year Jillani Park known as Race Course Park arranges spring festival which gives a great platform to craftsmanship that shows up their talent. PHA hired labors and other workers to execute the plan of the festival. Workers come from far areas to set up huge variety of stalls to entertain the urban people. It is an imitation to rural people as well to relish. It gives soft image of Pakistan. People entertain themselves by leaving their hard routines.
           Jillani Park arranged this festival on high scale having huge variety of stalls and accommodates large number of people. The event sponsor viewed this as an opportunity to provide healthy entertainment. The government can only do so much.
          
Rang-e-Lahore (Spring Festival) vehemently depicts the culture of Lahore city even canal near park is also decorated with statues, sculptures and other crafts and also with artistic works. At day time attendance is bit low but crowd thickens after 6pm. Children are the glitter and real spark of the event. Many electronic and other swings has set up in the carnival. Camel rides, buggy and horseback rides were also arranged. Stuff toys, handmade birds, junk food, handmade caps, carving keychains, kolapuri shoes, water bubble blowing stalls enhances the interest of children. A Joker entertain by offering candles and clicking selfies with kids. Moreover Horror show, Balloon shoot, Magic show, Snack show, Cat and Dog show, Janbaaz gymnastic show, astrologist palmist and future predictor parrots are the reason of attraction.
               Hunza handicrafts, Handmade jewelry ceramics, Rug work, Dari sheets, blue pottery Multan, handmade bags, printing shirts and mugs, beautiful houses, ships and farmers made up of bamboo, Antique jewelry, Kugu Khoray Multan, Painted crockery, Organic honey, Vegetable and fruit choppers and sindhi dresses, sheets and cats are the specialities of the festival. “Desi Food” depicts Lahori culture includes chicken sajji, Qatlamma, Andrassa, Pathoray, Golgappay, Paan, Chicken and Mutton Karahi, Chappal Kabab, Sarson ka Saag and Makai ki roti, Kulfi, Aloo channay, Ladoo pethi and pakoray. Food providers set up proper sitting arrangements for visitors. Some old trends are also adopted to create desi environment like chaarpayee and Sahi palang.
           Many Professional traders took part in festival. More than 100 stalls sponsor employmentship to thousands of people but interesting thing they also participating as worker with a huge number of men. It is a proud moment to see women empowerment in our country even at small level.
           The Festival has unique charm at evening hours. The light, statues and decorated plants and trees complete the beauty of the event. The crowd’s peak timings are 6pm-8pm. The models of Minar-e-Pakistan and Mosque were Exceptional. Women still working at night hours. Live weaving of clothes by a man through wooden machine was one of the best thing one can ever seen in its life. He was looking such an experienced person, weaving super fast. There were more stalls at night including Balochi Chappals, Handmade embroidery dresses, dairy products and Chaati ki lass. The beauty enhanced with lights and crowd of people.
           The main activities presented by PHA Lahore were opening ceremony Rang-e-Lahore 2015 on 5th March, art and craft festival, Industrial exhibitions, Canal Mela, Rang-e-Asman (Firework), Lily Parade and closing ceremony on March 23rd
           Security arrangements were highly approved by the administration. Checking poles were available in the entrance of the park, separately for men and women. Media should promote these types of carnivals to portray soft and optimistic influence of Pakistan to world and tries to show strong and everlasting cultural values.
            If you have enjoyed the description then must visit next year, same season to have visual glitters and colors of spring festival at Jillani Park Lahore.

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