Wedding songs: Men singing

There was a time that no wedding will be complete without sessions of wedding songs sung by professional singers and not-so-professional singers. Professional singers gave way to relatives and friends of brides and grooms who tried to put up their best performance. In recent years, it has been either Bollywood songs or wedding-song CDs played out while different wedding customs are being performed.

Amir Khusro has penned a number of wedding songs that continue to be popular traditional wedding songs. Some of his songs are -kaahe ko biyaahi bides, ye hari hari chooriyan, banna mera eid ka chand, chandni mein aiyo miya banner, etc.

A newly married Muslim couple of Tamil Nadu. [Photo by David.]

But this post is not about Amir Khusro?s wedding songs. This is about an unusual video that I stumbled upon recently. Unusual because it is a video of a wedding song which is sung by men, I am not aware of any culture where wedding song is sung by men so I was pleasantly surprised. The video informs us that it was performed in Tenkasi in Tamil Nadu in 2008. I enquired with a few contacts in Tamil Nadu and they said it is not so common anymore. Unfortunately, no one has been able to translate the words but what I have learned is that song is addressed to the groom and a reminder about his responsibilities now that he is married.

Enjoy!

Are there other examples of men singing wedding songs? Please point it out and if someone can translate this song that will be wondeful.

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