FRENCH KITES FOR BASANT 2000 !

For the first time, the French participated to Basant, the famous kite festival, which takes place in Lahore and around at the beginning of Spring.

2 French teams, one called "Meteoros" from French Britanny and the other coming from the school of Fine Arts of "Aix en Provence", came with their own kites not only to Lahore, but also to Karachi and Islamabad.
They attracted a large audience, curious to see how French kites could compete with Pakistani-made kites.
One of the kites, featuring both flags from the two countries, symbolized the first expression of the agreement which was signed between the National College of Arts from Lahore and the School of Fine Arts... and beyond of that, the friendship between France and Pakistan.
As a matter of fact, the French teams did not only fly kites : they also held workshops and presented two exhibitions, one in the National College of Art-and the other in the French Cultural Center in Lahore. 

All those events were filmed by a French TV team and the result will be screened on two French TV channels during 2000.

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