These weddings of course differ greatly from the traditional remote village weddings. The pictures below represent more the traditional remote village wedding. Definitely the majority of weddings fall into this category. The wedding is a multiday event which may engross an entire village. In its essence, it reveals the very strong social and communal values of the Nepali people.
Weddings generally take place between people of fairly young age.
It is more the norm than exception for boys and girls to be married by the time they are 16 or 17, many times even younger. Historically, girls purposely had their marriages arranged before they started menstruating. The wedding procedure usually begins with an arrangement of a boy and a girl with comparable backgrounds, often with the help of a priest-type matchmaker. A meeting then takes place between the parents of the two parties. In an arranged marriage, it is the parents who choose their childrens partners.