Adravanu · Lagan · Lagan dinner

Parsi weddings.

A Parsi wedding is mostly one evening: the lagan around sunset — achu michu at the edge of the stage, the ara antar, the ashirvad in Avestan — and the wedding dinner straight after, in the same room. The turnover between them is the whole production.

We’re set up for a Parsi wedding — this is what we’d walk through with you, function by function.

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Adravanu · Lagan · Lagan dinner

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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 / 05

Adravanu

Also: Adravvun, Sagan, Nam Padvanu, Rupia Peravanu

Before the wedding

The engagement at home: lamps lit, gifts and a ring.

Usually nothing from us.

Inside, typically

  1. Rupia Peravanu
  2. Sagan

4 days before

02 / 05

Madhavsaro

Also: Madav Saro, Mandav-saro, Madasoro, Madhosaro

Four days before

A mango sapling planted at the door with prayers, and watered until after the wedding. The adarni gifts follow.

Nothing from us — these belong to the family.

Inside, typically

  1. Madhavsaro
  2. Adarni

1 day before

03 / 05

Supra nu Murat

Also: Supra ni Reet

The day before

The women of the family pass the trays, singing, and grind the turmeric.

Unamplified, usually. A small speaker if the family wants music afterwards.

  • Compact speaker

The day

04 / 05

Leads the weekend

Lagan

Also: Lagna, Parsi Lagan, Ashirvad, Ashirwad

The wedding day, around sunset

Achu michu at the edge of the stage, the cloth held up and dropped, rice thrown, then the ashirvad.

A mic for each priest — the ashirvad runs about an hour, mostly in Avestan, and the family wants every word — and no music under the prayers. Light timed for sunset, because the hour matters as much as the room.

Inside, typically

  1. Achu Michu
  2. Ara Antar
  3. Hathevaro & Chero Bandhvanu
  4. Ashirvad
  5. Haath Borvanu
Ceremony protocol we follow
  • Lagan and dinner are one evening at one venue — one load-in, two completely different rooms.
  • The lagan is usually in a hall or a baug, timed around sunset. We light for the hour, not just the room.
  • Two priests recite together — they each get a mic, and the family gets every word.
  • Priest mics
  • Front-fill
  • Sunset-timed lighting
  • Multi-cam stream

The day

05 / 05

Lagan dinner

Also: Reception, Wedding dinner

The same night, in the same room, straight after the lagan

Toasts, patra ni machhi, a band, and the custard nobody skips.

The real production moment of a Parsi wedding is the turnover: the stage goes from prayer to party in minutes, without moving anyone. Speech mics, a band or a DJ, and light that changes with the room.

  • Line array
  • Moving heads
  • Gobo monogram
  • IMAG screens
  • Wireless mics
  • Uplighting

That’s the weekend.

Now let’s plan yours.

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01 / 05 · Adravanu

Where it applies

The protocol we follow.

Not every family wants every rule, and culture isn’t the same as religion. We ask first — then we follow what applies, exactly.

  • Lagan and dinner are one evening at one venue — one load-in, two completely different rooms.

Every ceremony

  • The officiant’s mic matters more than the PA.
  • The back row hears the vows — that’s what the front-fills are for.
  • Nothing we bring should appear in your photographs.
  • Someone from our crew is at the desk for the whole ceremony, not just the start.

For a Parsi lagan

  • The lagan is usually in a hall or a baug, timed around sunset. We light for the hour, not just the room.
  • Two priests recite together — they each get a mic, and the family gets every word.

Hotels and ballrooms

  • House rigging, house power and in-house AV rules — we coordinate with the venue’s team before the site walk is over.
  • Many hotels restrict haze and some effects outright. We get the policy in writing before we design around it.
  • Load-in docks, freight elevators and union rules shape the schedule. We build the timeline from them.

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Then the room changes.

Even the most traditional weekend usually has one loud night. Here’s what that night can look like.

  • Sound that hits

    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.

    • Line array
    • Cardioid subs
    • DJ booth
    • Booth monitors

  • Haze and atmospherics

    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.

    • Hazer
    • Moving heads
    • Beam fixtures

  • Cold sparks, CO2 and confetti

    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.

    • Cold-spark machines
    • CO2 jets
    • Confetti cannons

  • LED floor, 360 booth, projection

    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.

    • LED dance floor
    • 360 booth
    • Projection mapping
    • Gobo monogram

  • Silent disco

    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.

    • Silent-disco headphones
    • Multi-channel transmitters

  • The after-party switch

    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.

    • Lighting cue stack
    • Sub reinforcement
    • Room-wide colour change

  • Built for one in the morning

    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.

    • Late-night crew
    • Show operator
    • Load-out after last song

However your family spells it

Parsi · zoroastrian · parsi lagan · Adravanu · Adravvun · Sagan · Nam Padvanu · Rupia Peravanu · Engagement · Madhavsaro · Madav Saro · Mandav-saro · Madasoro · Madhosaro · Adarni · Supra nu Murat · Supra ni Reet · Lagan · Lagna · Parsi Lagan · Ashirvad · Ashirwad · Achu Michu · Achoo Michoo · Ara Antar · Hathevaro & Chero Bandhvanu · Haath Borvanu · Lagan dinner · Reception

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