Editing Lahore (section)

== Festivals ==
[[File:In March 2015 the Spring start. Canal get decorated. it feels amazing. Canal Bridge Jail Road, Lahore.JPG|thumb|[[Lahore Canal]] during the spring [[Basant Kite Festival|Basant]] festival]]
The people of Lahore [[Festivals in Lahore|celebrate many festivals]] and events throughout the year, including Islamic, traditional Punjabi, Christian, and national holidays and festivals.

Some people decorate their houses and light candles to illuminate the streets and houses during public holidays; roads and businesses may be lit for days. Many of Lahore's dozens of [[Sufism|Sufi]] shrines hold annual festivals called ''[[urs]]'' to honour their respective saints. For example, the mausoleum of [[Ali Hujwiri]] at the [[Data Darbar]] shrine has an annual ''urs'' that attracts up to one million visitors per year.<ref name="linus">{{cite book|first=Linus|last=Strothman|chapter=The politics of Sufism on the ground: The political dimension of Pakistan's largest shrine|editor1-last=Tschacher|editor1-first=Torsten|editor2-last=Dandekar|editor2-first=Deepra |title=Islam, Sufism and Everyday Politics of Belonging in South Asia|date=2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317435969 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UQNADQAAQBAJ&q=data+ganj+-bomb+-bombers+-suicide+-attack&pg=PA232|access-date=12 September 2017}}</ref> The popular [[Mela Chiraghan]] festival in Lahore takes place at the shrine of [[Madho Lal Hussain]], while other large ''urs'' take place at the shrines of [[Bibi Pak Daman]], and at the [[Shrine of Mian Mir]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Devotees throng Lahore shrine for Mian Mir Sahab's Urs|website=Samaa TV |url=https://www.samaa.tv/culture/2019/11/devotees-throng-lahore-shrine-for-mian-mir-sahabs-urs/ |date=7 November 2019|access-date=18 June 2020|archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803052036/https://www.samaa.tv/culture/2019/11/devotees-throng-lahore-shrine-for-mian-mir-sahabs-urs/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Eid ul-Fitr]] and [[Eid ul-Adha]] are celebrated in the city with public buildings and shopping centers decorated in lights. The people of Lahore also commemorate the martyrdom of [[Imam Husain]] at [[Karbala]] with massive processions that take place during the first ten days of the month of [[Muharram]].<ref>{{cite web|author1=QAM |author2=Sheharyar Rizwan |author3=Kalbe Ali |author4=Shakeel Ahmed |author5=Mohammad Hussain Khan |author6=Zulfiqar Ali |author7=Saleem Shahid|date=8 September 2019 |title=Muharram: Walking the Mourners' Path |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1504130|access-date=18 June 2020 |work=Dawn|archive-date=18 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618143653/https://www.dawn.com/news/1504130|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Basant (season)|Basant]] is a traditional [[Punjabi culture|Punjabi]] festival that marks the coming of spring. Basant celebrations in Pakistan are centered in Lahore, and people from all over the country and abroad come to the city for the annual festivities. [[Kite]]-flying competitions traditionally take place on city rooftops during Basant, while the [[Lahore Canal]] is decorated with floating lanterns. Courts have banned kite-flying because of casualties and power installation losses. The ban was lifted for two days in 2007, then immediately reimposed when 11 people were killed by [[celebratory gunfire]], sharp kite-strings, electrocution, and falls related to the competition.<ref>{{cite news |title=11 Dead at Pakistani Kite Festival, Metal Kite Strings, Stray Celebratory Gunfire Claim Lives at Annual Event, More Than 100 Injured |date=26 February 2007|work=CBS News|url= http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/26/world/main2514554.shtml |access-date=2 August 2007 |archive-date=13 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013184108/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/26/world/main2514554.shtml |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Lahore's churches are elaborately decorated for [[Christmas]] and [[Easter]] celebrations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/263797-in-pictures-christmas-celebrations-across-pakistan|title=In pictures: Christmas celebrations across Pakistan|website=www.geo.tv|access-date=18 June 2020|archive-date=19 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619041918/https://www.geo.tv/latest/263797-in-pictures-christmas-celebrations-across-pakistan |url-status=live}}</ref> Shopping centers and public buildings also feature Christmas installations to celebrate the holiday, even though Christians only constitute 5.1% of the total population of Lahore in 2024. See [[Religion in Lahore]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1872635/1-christmas-festivities-set-begin-lahore?amp=1|title=Christmas festivities all set to begin in Lahore |date=22 December 2018|website=The Express Tribune |access-date=7 December 2020|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308140313/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1872635/1-christmas-festivities-set-begin-lahore?amp=1 |url-status=live}}</ref>