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A musician from the Rajan Band, also known as Kotla Mubarakpur, stretches out a red sheet before having it adorned as his dress, prior to performing at a wedding on November 22 in New Delhi, India.
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A member of the Rajan Band watches a colleague have his head dress adjusted.
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Members of the Rajan Band wait for a bus as they travel to perform at a wedding.
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A musician from the Rajan Band holds on to a decorated horse as he and others wait at a set of traffic lights, prior to performing at a wedding.
India's wedding season peaks from late October to early December as couples choose to wed in these auspicious months, Getty Images reports. Many musicians are lured to Delhi from neighboring states to work for the popular traditional brass bands that play during weddings. The twenty musicians of the Rajan Band are paid the equivalent of $8 a day, working long hours to fulfil demand, whilst the band owner charges clients the equivalent of $520 per wedding.