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Charivari logo #10101) Belling 2) Callathump 3) Callithump 4) Chivaree 5) Mock serenade 6) Mock serenade for newlyweds 7) Serenade 8) Shivaree 9) Type of jewellery 10) Wedding tradition
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Charivari

Charivari logo #10101) Belling 2) Chivaree 3) Din 4) Loudness 5) Roll 6) Shivaree
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Charivari

Charivari logo #21000 Charivari (or shivaree or chivaree, also called `rough music`) is the term for a French folk custom in which the community gave a noisy, discordant mock serenade, also pounding on pots and pans, at the home of newlyweds. The loud, public ritual evolved to a form of social coercion, for instance, to force an as-yet-unmarried couple to wed. This t.....
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charivari logo #22641cacophonous mock-serenade performed for wedding
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Charivari

Charivari logo #21002• (n.) A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult.
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Charivari

Charivari logo #20972Cha·ri`va·ri' noun [ French] A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult. » It was at first performed before the house of any person of advanced age who married a second time.
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