Monday, March 3, 2008

FAIRS AND FESTIVALS OF LAHORE

Fairs and events are events of social significance provide delightful opportunity to the people to rejoice. Among them the totally different in character and full of amusement are:

The Urs of Data Ganj Baksh is held with great zeal and respect by people both from home and abroad every year in the month of Moharram.

Urs Madho Lal Hussain’ generally known as “Mela Chiraghan” --- one of the most colourful events of Lahore, is celebrated every spring on the last Friday of March outside Shalimar Gardens, to celebrate annual anniversary of Madho Lal Hussain.

Today, Lahori Basant is symbolic combines’ rural mela culture with modern intricacies of modern cities life and also called "king of festivals.

The national Horse and Cattle and Tattoo Show once the distinctive fair of Lahore held in Lahore Fortress Stadium at the end of February or first week of March. But how has been celebrated on and off, as in the year 2004 has been celebrated after nine years. Here number of cultural activities took place daily.

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