ok well as u already know Deevanshi that Basant is not a religous celebration but is celebrated in differnt parts of Pakistan as just a fun activity...since Lahore is connected with Punjab and in india the punjab area is famous for basant and kites activities, Lahore is basically doing the same thing.. as in other words keeping the trend.. also lahore is quite famous for basant in other words Jashn-e-Baharan...on this day mostly males go on the roofs and and start the kite fighting....but before the basant event ... u will see the market full with kites.. patang stuff...so on the basant morning ppl on their roofs.. put on high decks of music without thinking for those who are selleping...lolzz...and start the event...some ppl even buy a horn and use it whenever they won a kite fight...soo annoying...and ladies wear yellow to orange coloured clothing...and act juss like males with no shame...and officially even try to show off..so this goes on for almost half of the month even tho basant is on one day... and on this day u willsee th ehwole sky full of kites.. which to me looks like polluted sky..so thatss basically it for how it is celelbrated..
now why some ppl dont like it.. i think mashaal gave a good list for that.. but the main reason is the loss of life throughout this whole event... innocent ppl get killed as the string used for the kite is beign mixed with different chemicals which are highly dangerous.. but this year the lahore government put a ban on basant as so many ppl got killed...so hopefull it will get under control...
i'll tell u that when i was in pak.. i hated basant for several reasons.
1) too noisy.. and annoying with all the songs and the horn blowing..
2)boys on the roof 24/7 hooting on every small damn thing..
3)boys again trying to show off
4)ppl getting killed)
5)evereywhere was too crowded..
ok now i have some more ideas on how u have a really well designed presentation...here when a student get a project .. they have to think outside the box and do things different then everyone else in order to obtain good marks...since this is a major project for u i think u should get good on it...
here are some ideas..
1) make a poster.. use like those big bristol board sheets.. and create a poster with all the pics as well as sonme info..u can have pics of actors from both countries on it and a list of movies or shows from both countries...
2) do a powerpoint presentation..instead of reading ur info from a paper.. put all the info in the powerpoint presentation and show the whole slide show to ur class as well as read from it... this way if the class can't follow u they can read it off from the slideshow..and add pics in it as well..
3)show 2 mins video.. it can be a small part of a pakistani drama or movie or a song......
i think that is enough for today...
do good on ur project and have fun doing it...c yah later...
nd u can call me annie..=)