1.
GV ROYAL PLACE NEPAL
0.05

2.
SV FLAGS
0.08

3.
GV PROCESSION (3 SHOTS)
0.21

4.
GV PRINCE PAST ON ELEPHANT
0.38

5.
GV CROWD
0.40

6.
GV PROCESSION APPROACHING BRIDES RESIDENCE
0.45

7.
SV BEARERS IN PROCESSION
0.50

8.
GV EXT. MANDAP, WHERE CEREMONY WAS HELD
0.53

9.
SV PRINCE RECEIVES BLESSING FROM PRIEST
0.59

10.
GV PRINCESS NEAR HOLY FIRE, PAN TO PRINCE
1.07

11.
SV PRINCE AND PRINCESS STAND UP
1.14

12.
SV PRINCESS PUTTING FOOT ON STONE (2 SHOTS)
1.23

13.
SV PHOTOGRAPHERS OUTSIDE
1.25

14.
SV PRINCE AND PRINCESS LEAVING MANDAP
1.34

15.
SV PRINCESS BEING CARRIED TO HER HOME
1.39

16.
GV EXT. RESIDENCE
1.42



Initials RJ/V/AS/BJ


EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: OUR PRODUCTION 1693/70 "ENGAGEMENT CEREMONY FOR CROWN PRINCE OF NEPAL'S WEDDING" ALSO REFERS.

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Background: CROWN PRINCE BIRENDRA OF NEPAL AND 20 YEAR OLD PRINCESS AISHWARYA WERE MARRIED YESTERDAY (SATURDAY) IN A TRADITIONAL HINDU MARRIAGE IN KATMANDU. THE WEDDING ENDED A WEEK OF SOLEMN RITES WHICH STARTED ON MONDAY WHEN THE COUPLE WERE FORMALLY ENGAGED.

THE PRINCE RODE IN A SILVER HOWDAH ON TOP OF A PAINTED ELEPHANT TO THE HOME OF THE PRINCESS. MEMBERS OF THE NEPAL ARMY PRECEDED THE WEDDING CARTAGE WHILE RELATIVES OF THE PRINCE CAME BEHIND. CROWDS PACKED THE STREETS AND CHEERED AS THE PARADE MADE ITS WAY FROM THE ROYAL PLACE TO THE LION PALACE.

THE COUPLE WAS MARRIED AT 17 MINUTES BEFORE FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING...A TIME CHOSEN BY THE FAMILY PRIESTS AS BEING IDEAL FOR A HAPPY MARRIAGE. THERE FOLLOWED CHANTING OF PRAYERS AND RITUAL GAMES, TRADITIONALLY DESIGNED TO MAKE THEM ACQUAINTED, ALTHOUGH THE ROYAL COUPLE KNEW ONE ANOTHER BEFORE THE WEDDING. IN MANY HINDU MARRIAGES THE BRIDE AND GROOM HAVE NOT MET BEFORE.

IN THE GAMES CONDUCTED WITHIN THE FAMILY CIRCLE, BRIDE AND GROOM THROW DICE, WITH THE ONE GETTING THE HIGHEST NUMBER EXPECTED TO THE DOMINANT PARTNER....A TOUCH OF LADY LUCK.