A courtyard celebration in Jaipur's Pink City
- Client
- Royal household (under NDA)
- Location
- Jaipur, Rajasthan
- Year
- 2023
- Guests
- 750 guests
A revival of the Mughal-Rajput court celebration for 750 guests: 1,200 silver urns of tuberose and Persian rose along the ramparts and an eighty-voice qawwali choir in a courtyard built for exactly that sound.
- 750
- Guests
- 1,200
- Silver urns
- 80
- Voice qawwali choir
The brief
A courtyard designed for unamplified voice, a household that wanted the tradition performed rather than reinterpreted, and 750 guests to seat, feed and move through a heritage precinct.
What we did
The programme followed the historical sequence advised by the household's own archivist. The choir performed unamplified from the position the courtyard was built for; discreet reinforcement covered only the rear terraces. Florals were carried in silver rather than fixed to the walls.
What it delivered
The evening ran to the archivist's order of ceremony, and the precinct was returned the following morning with no intervention to the fabric.
- Heritage celebration
- Classical programme
- Courtyard staging
