![]() ![]() And leading the modern Nepali janti, while the groom himself is cooped up in his ornately decorated car, is the band. ![]() Amidst the clanging and the banging, the blinged-out relatives shout their namastes and ‘how do you dos’. The air vibrates as the trumpets and trombones blow and the drummers start pounding, adding to the chaos, as family members ready themselves for the janti – the traditional wedding procession that travels from the groom’s house to that of the bride. Hindu weddings in urban Nepali families seem incomplete without an ensemble of brass band musicians playing high octave music in front of their houses, bejewelled in lights and flowers, to the joy, as well as annoyance of the neighbourhood. This group of strangers are somehow integral to the big fat (and loud) Southasian wedding.ĭressed in shiny shoes and red uniforms, often with golden epaulettes and caps comparable to military finery, the raucous wedding band is responsible for telling the neighbourhood that the house they play for is celebrating the wedding of a son in the family. ![]() When astrologers sit down with two families, to look at the cheena – astrological charts – and identify the auspicious date for nuptial ties, the band baja walas (wedding bands) are equally interested in the dates. The stars decide the working days in this job. ![]()
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