A jaggo highlight, made from a night of lamps, bells and boliyan
The jaggo, from the Punjabi word for wake up, is a lively procession usually held on one of the last nights before the wedding. Women of the family, very often from the mother's side, carry a decorated pot topped with lit oil lamps on their heads and dance through the house, the courtyard or the street, singing boliyan, while someone strikes the ground with a stick hung with bells. Upload the jaggo as its own project, name the women who carried the pot, and WeddingEditor's AI editing makes a Highlight Reel of about 5 minutes or a Social Teaser from your night footage.
Night footage is only as bright as what you recorded. Say which clips show faces clearly.
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Last updated October 2026
How to get a highlight of the jaggo
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Upload the night as one project
Create a project just for the jaggo and add the files from every camera you ran, including any light-on-camera clips and a second shooter following the procession. Long uncut takes are fine; the AI editing works through the raw material.
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Name the pot carriers and the singers
In the preferences, list who carried the jaggo pot and in what order, describe each by outfit, and name the people leading the boliyan. Mark the moments that must appear, such as the lamps being lit or the procession reaching the neighbors' doors, and say which shots are too dark to use.
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Get the finished jaggo film
Buy One Wedding or spend a plan credit, start processing, and the edit typically takes 24 to 72 hours, made by WeddingEditor's AI editing. Watch it, download the 1080p MP4, and use up to two email revision rounds if a carrier was missed.
Moments of the jaggo to list
Lighting the lamps
The pot being prepared and the diyas lit before the procession sets off.
The first carrier
Usually the bride's or groom's mami or masi lifting the pot onto her head as the singing starts.
The pot passed on
Different women taking turns to carry the jaggo, which families often want each shown.
The bells and the stick
Someone pounding a decorated stick with bells on the ground in time with the dancing.
Boliyan in a circle
Women forming a circle, one calling out a verse and the others answering and clapping.
Visiting the neighbors
In many families the procession stops at neighbors' homes, where they are offered sweets or join in.
What happens at the jaggo, in order
Jaggo nights are loose and loud. The order below is common, but expect each family to do it their own way.
1. The maternal relatives arrive
In many families the jaggo is led by the nanke, the mother's side of the family, who arrive for the last days before the wedding.
2. The pot is prepared
A brass or clay pot, often decorated, is topped with lit oil lamps made of dough or clay and carried on the head.
3. The procession
The women dance through the house and neighborhood singing boliyan, with the pot passed from one carrier to the next and a bell-hung stick beating time.
4. The dance at home
The night usually ends back at the family home with giddha, boliyan and dancing that can run late.
Low light and loud sound
The edit uses only what your cameras captured, including the singing and bells as recorded, with music alongside, balanced by your audio preference, and it cannot brighten scenes beyond the footage you give it.
Its own film
Uploading the jaggo as a separate project gives it its own edit, a Highlight Reel of about 5 minutes or a Social Teaser.
Parts of the jaggo and what to note in the preferences
| Part of the jaggo | What it looks or sounds like | What to note in the preferences |
|---|---|---|
| Preparing the pot | Lamps being lit, women adjusting the pot | "Keep the close-up of the diyas being lit." |
| Leaving the house | Singing starts, the first carrier steps out | "The masi in the green suit carries it first." |
| The street | Dancing, bells, neighbors at doorways | "Use the wide shots from the second camera on the street." |
| Boliyan circle | Call and response, clapping | "Let one full boli play so the words are heard." |
| Back home | Giddha, laughter, late-night dancing | "End on the bride dancing with her nani." |
What is a jaggo?
A jaggo is a Punjabi pre-wedding night celebration in which relatives carry a pot of lit lamps through the home and the neighborhood, singing and dancing to announce the wedding. Its name comes from the word for wake up.
It is not the sangeet, which is usually a seated or staged evening of songs and performances, and not the mehndi. Some families hold the jaggo on the same night as the mehndi; say where one ends and the other begins.
Jaggo highlight questions
My jaggo footage is dark. Can the AI editing still make a highlight?
The AI editing works with the footage you upload and cannot add light that is not there. Name the clips where faces are clearest, and the edit will lean on those.
Can each woman who carried the pot appear?
Yes, if you filmed them. List each carrier in the order they took the pot and describe them, and mark them as people who must appear.
Will the bells and the boliyan be heard?
Yes, as your cameras recorded them. WeddingEditor keeps your original sound and uses music alongside it, balanced by your audio preference, and you can say in the audio question how much singing to keep.
The jaggo and mehndi were the same night. One project?
That is your choice. One project gives one film of the night; two projects give one film each, each with its own purchase or credit.
Can a second shooter add their street footage?
Yes, if they are signed in to your WeddingEditor team. WeddingEditor can set up a team upload link, and their files join the same project.
Who says what is appropriate to show from the jaggo night?
The family. WeddingEditor edits the footage you upload and does not set cultural or family protocol, so leave out anything the family would rather not see in a film.
A night of lamps and boliyan, finished for you
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