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Dozens of young people in Pakistan are taking part in a festival banned by the government.

The festival's called Basant and has been a spring festival celebration for many years.

However, the government banned it in 2007 due to a number of accidents.

Kite flyers used to have kite fighting competitions.

They would put acid on the kite strings and use piano wires in the kites to win the competitions.

But sometimes, this ended in a large number of injuries and even deaths.

Kite fighting champions would celebrate with their supporters by shooting in the air.

This practice added to the number of injured and dead people during the festival.

More than 1,500 police officers were sent to Rawalpindi to catch kite flyers.

Senior police officer Waseem Riaz explains how they did it.

Many people, like Furkan

Ahmed, think that the festival shouldn't be banned.

We are celebrating Basant peacefully, there is no aerial firing and no brawls."

Traditionally, Basant was a family celebration where girls used to dress in yellow.

However, because of the ban, people are worried that their children and grandchildren won't get to enjoy the festival in the future.

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