Weddings

Nepali Weddings

Traditional Wedding
Wedding customs in Nepal vary according to ethnic groups and castes. Especially country like Nepal, have different kinds of wedding ceremonies because we have varieties of cast and creeds. Weddings in the metropolitans have parades or car for the wedding processions; fully fledged band instruments such as trumpets and trombones, ferry lights all over the house which is naturally more expenses. These weddings are completely different from the traditional remote village weddings. They are very simple for very rich in culture.

Wedding in Nepal is a multi day event, which may engross an entire village. In its essence, it reveals the very strong social and communal values of the Nepali people. Few things in Nepali culture take precedence over a wedding and most people treat the time as the opportunity of a lifetime and a time to hold back and celebrate with varieties of foods, fun and dancing.

After the initial marriage arrangement takes place, the wedding begins with a gathering of the traveling party at the groom’s house. Celebrations are made and rituals are performed with the local priest and the party then travels to the bride’s village with the procession… This party particularly consists of males only. Once the procession reaches the bride’s village, the groom’s family gamble, drink while the priest performs the ceremony followed by a big feast.

The Nepali way of life is completely different in comparison to the West. The inheritance goes to son if one and will be divided in two equal part if there are more. The married couples almost always live with the groom’s parents. Traditionally the couple will either inherit the parent’s land and house or eventually build their own house when feasible.

The ceremony is a very serious affair for the two young people. The bride is dressed in red, which is the color for marriage. Often, she sheds tear as the time to leave approaches. This may be a true feeling of apprehension of leaving the home and family or it may be just a traditional requisite. But many young girls cannot wait to leave the boredom of their life and look forward to having a family of their own.

As we have seen the different way of wedding such as wedding in the air during sky diving, under water wedding in ocean during scuba diving, wedding in the highest peak of the world, Mt. Everest during expedition any many more unique ways to cherish the moment for lifetime. The traditional Nepali wedding is one of those experiences to gather. As mentioned earlier, wedding customs in Nepal vary according to ethnic groups and castes we have tried to cover all most all different tradition as follows.

THAKURI Traditional Wedding
CHHETRI Traditional Wedding
BRAHMAN Traditional Wedding
MAGAR Traditional Wedding
THARU Traditional Wedding
SHERPA Traditional Wedding
NEWARI Traditional Wedding
TAMANG Traditional Wedding
RAI Traditional Wedding
GURUNG Traditional Wedding
LIMBU Traditional Wedding
CHEPANG Traditional Wedding
THAKALI Traditional Wedding
RAUTE Traditional Wedding
Foreign western style wedding