Kathmandu, March 7 -- In Nepal, it always feels like wedding season. Barring a few short months, weddings take place all year around, as astrologers chart out a litany of auspicious dates. And Kathmandu's booming middle class tends to leave no stone unturned when it comes to weddings, selling homes and property, digging into savings and even going into debt to give their children a ceremony like no other. That a wedding is a celebration of love between two people can get subsumed by layers of extravagance. Forget the ceremony, weddings now can take upto a week, with mehendi, sangeet, bachelor and bachelorette parties, cocktails, and the reception.

These weddings, as lavish and massive as they are, are not easy to pull off. They require a...