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“Here comes the bride, All dressed in white…” is not the only
popular wedding song to ever exist, contrary to what people
believe. In fact, there are so many songs, that brides and
grooms go crazy selecting what should be played, and in what
order on their wedding day.
Why are songs so important during weddings? This is because
music is considered one of the ingredients for celebration. In
fact, without music it would just be a dull affair like any
other.
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In fact, in India every culture has a collection of
popular wedding songs that are either sung and performed live or
then just performed too while it plays in the background. Indian wedding songs, no matter from which part of the
country it comes from, or in which language it is penned, forms
an integral part of the wedding celebration. In most Indian
cultures, it is customary to have a song and dance function a
night before the wedding.
On
that night all friends and relatives gather and they perform to
popular wedding songs. These songs maybe dedicated to the bride
and groom, member of the family of the bride and groom, or are
situational. All are performance oriented, with well meaning
words. Some songs prepare the girl in a comical way for what she
is to expect from her in-laws. All is done in sporting spirit.
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In
fact, nowadays it has become a fashion to rehearse and perform
to Indian film songs that are picturised on the wedding scene.
In fact, the film wedding songs are the most popular in India.
After performing and singing the folk wedding songs, invariably
the entire wedding entourage would shift to the film wedding
songs.
While in India the predominant wedding songs are the folk ones
that have come down through the ages, as well as those that form
a part of the film; the Christian weddings too have the popular
ones that are situational.
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However, while performing at the Christian weddings, there are
songs that have been created to serve each singing member’s
purpose, which includes the friends, relatives and family
members.
But then, when preparing for a wedding, one can draw up a list
of all the wedding songs and classify them in accordance so that
each one can sing or perform to a dedicated song. The
classifications could include:
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Father/mother to daughter songs
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Father/Mother to son Songs
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Wedding celebratory songs
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Bride-bridegroom songs
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In-laws songs
 Author Annie Zaidi.
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