Magani · Mehendi & Haldi · Janti · Bihe
A Nepali wedding day centres on the janti — the arriving side’s procession, once behind a panche baja band — and a ceremony of swayambar, kanyadan and sindur with the pote. While the janti is away, the women at home hold the ratyauli. And more and more, there’s a mehendi and a haldi first.
We’re set up for a Nepali wedding — this is what we’d walk through with you, function by function.
Magani · Mehendi & Haldi · Janti · Bihe
Choose your family’s tradition and how you want to celebrate. Every function, in the order your family will expect — and what we actually bring to each one.
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How you want it
Three to five days. The complete run, done properly — every function, elders front and centre, family abroad watching live.
Weeks before
01 / 07
Also: Magni, Mangni, Engagement
Weeks to months before
The engagement — rings, tika and the families’ formal yes.
A mic and a speaker for the formal part, and as much music after as the families want.
2 days before
02 / 07
Also: Mehendi, Mehndi, Haldi, Sangeet
Days before
Borrowed from Indian weddings, and now part of most Nepali ones — in Kathmandu and in the Bay Area.
Soft wash lighting, small discreet speakers for the music or the dholki singing, and a livestream for the family overseas who would have been sitting right there.
The day
03 / 07
Also: Jaanti, Jantee, Bariyat, Panche Baja
The wedding day
The arriving side sets out — traditionally behind a panche baja band, now as often in a convoy of decorated cars — and is met at the door with some playful blocking.
A live band miked on the move or mobile sound for the procession, and a clean arrival cue at the venue door.
Inside, typically
The day
04 / 07
Leads the weekend
Also: Biha, Vivah, Nepali wedding ceremony, Swayambar
The wedding day
Garlands of dubo grass for the swayambar, the kanyadan, then the sindur and the pote — the moment it becomes a marriage.
Invisible AV. Lav mics on the officiant and the couple, discreet front-fill so the back row hears every word, uplighting that still reads in daylight, and a multi-camera stream with a clean feed for grandparents watching from overseas.
Inside, typically
The day
05 / 07
Also: Ratauli, Ratyoli
The wedding night, while the janti is away
The women left at home take over: songs, dancing and skits that are not repeated in front of the men.
Sound set up beforehand that the room can run itself — and none of our crew in the room once it starts.
The day
06 / 07
Also: Bidai, Vidaai, Dulahi Bhitryaune
After the ceremony — traditionally the next morning
The farewell, then the welcome into the new home with butter lamps and rice.
A music cue as the family walks, and light on the doorway.
Inside, typically
The day
07 / 07
Also: Bhoj, Bihe ko bhoj
The same evening, or the next
The whole guest list, dressed up, with nowhere to be in the morning.
Show design from the grand entrance on. Lighting cued to your entrance and the first dance, a gobo of your monogram, IMAG screens so the back tables see every speech, and a system that carries the dance floor until the venue says stop.
01 / 07 · Magani
Where it applies
Not every family wants every rule, and culture isn’t the same as religion. We ask first — then we follow what applies, exactly.
Sangeet · Reception · Walima · After-party
Even the most traditional weekend usually has one loud night. Here’s what that night can look like.
Club-grade low end, and a DJ booth a touring DJ won’t complain about.
Subs sized for the room and the guest count, not the catalogue. A proper booth: two monitors, a clean power run, a mic that cuts through, a flat surface that doesn’t wobble when the floor jumps.
Beams you can actually see.
Moving lights only read as beams through haze. We run a fine water-based hazer, set low, so the room glows without anyone coughing through the speeches.
The venue realityMany hotels, temples and some estates prohibit haze, or will trip their fire system on it. We get the venue’s policy before we promise you beams — and design a show that still looks great if the answer is no.
The grand entrance, the first-dance finish, the drop at midnight.
Cold-spark fountains for the entrance and the first dance, CO2 jets on the drop, confetti for the last song. Cued from the booth, not guessed at.
The venue realityVenues decide what’s allowed, and some need sign-off from the local fire authority. Cold sparks have no flame, but they’re still an effect — we confirm every one in writing before it goes on the run-of-show.
Turn the room itself into the show.
A light-up dance floor, a 360 video booth for the reel everyone will post, and projection on walls or ceiling — your monogram, a skyline, a slow sky of lanterns.
The curfew hits at ten. The party doesn’t have to.
Wireless headphones with two or three channels — the DJ on one, Bollywood on another, something slower on a third. When the venue or the city says the speakers go off, the dance floor keeps going.
The venue realityThis is the answer to an outdoor noise ordinance or a hard venue curfew, and almost nobody pitches it. Ask about it at the first call if your venue has a cut-off.
When the elders head home, the room changes over.
We plan the moment: house lights down, haze up, the uplighting goes from warm to saturated, the subs come in and the DJ changes gear. Ten minutes from dinner room to club, with no one moving a table.
A system that still sounds good at 1am.
Open-bar timing, a late set that’s scheduled rather than improvised, and an operator who is still at the desk — not packing up — when the last song plays.
The venue realityYour venue’s licence and the city’s ordinance set the real end time. We find out what it is, then build up to it.
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