The next question refers to the following paragraph. Select the transition that best fits the blank.

The kite festival once marked the arrival of spring in Pakistan. People gathered with their handmade kites and battled over whose kite could fly _____ .
Competition was fierce. People spoke of nothing else in the days that _, admiring the winner and promising themselves that one day, their own kite would fly proudly over the town.
But, unfortunately that was _____. The kite festival has been banned since 2007.

In sentence 2, select the transition that best fits the blank.
A.came before
B.followed
C.happened earlier
D.were over

According to the given question, we can see that there are a different sentences which have blank spaces that needs to be properly filled. However, we are asked to find the right transition word that would fit the blank the best

As a result of this, we can see that in sentence two, the transition word which would best fit the blank is followed. This is because the writer wants to show how much people spoke of the event for many days.

Therefore, the correct answer is option B