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India is a nation of diverse cultures and traditions and each community in this country have their individual set of customs when it comes to wedding and other ceremonies. Indian wedding music is as varied as the people that coexist in this vast country. Music constitutes an important part of every wedding celebration in India, be in for a Punjabi wedding, Marwari wedding or a Bengali wedding. Most Indian weddings are every elaborate and continue for a number of days. Ceremonies like sangeet, mehndi, main day wedding and vidaai are some of the events during which Indian wedding music is either played or performed.

Wedding music in India comprises of Hindi film music, Ghazals, songs by famous music bands and Shehnai which is an instrumental music specifically played during Indian weddings. Nowadays many affluent Indian families are hiring DJs to play at their wedding ceremonies. Indian wedding music has seen a distinct transition from the traditional folk wedding songs to the present day film wedding songs. Many families also hire professional performers like singers and dancers to make the wedding function more lively and special. In most Indian weddings, it is customary to have a song and dance function a night on the eve of the main ceremony.

Some of the popular Indian wedding music taken from Hindi films include Banni Ko Banna Pyara Lage, Chalo Re Doli Uthao, Mehandi Laga Ke Rakhna, Chhod Babul Ka Ghar, Sada Suhagan and Ab Chahe Maa Roothe among several others. However in most traditional families the Indian wedding music mainly comprises of the Shehnai and other instrumental music to be in the background. Music truly can add that extra fervor to the any wedding ceremony celebrated in India.

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