vocabulary expansion:- # 70219 .  | |  Word:- charivari.
A wedding custom called charivari is widespread in various European societies. On the wedding night, friends of the bride and groom provide a noisy serenade by banging on pots and pans outside the couple's bedroom. The desire to avoid charivari led to the practice of leaving on a honeymoon immediately after a wedding.
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| | | | | | 1.  SunSix (11899) | 3 years ago |  Its a French noun. A mock serenade of dissonant noise done with kettles and tin horns meant to annoy. Generally when an older person married a very young person.The custom has been practiced in France since pagan times. It is a celebration, observed by ancient peoples, where by beating drums or making loud noises drove evil spirits away from the newlyweds. Evil spirits are bad, and if allowed to enter the celebration they would cause bad luck. Loud noise and loud music chased the evil spirits away. Mardi Gras, in many ways, is a similar celebration brought over from France and Europe, but faire le charivari has not be done as much in modern days.
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| | 2.  everlasting (9961) | 3 years ago |  This is the first time I've heard of this one. Why is there a need to serenade? This tradition created a new tradition...honeymoon.
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| | 3.  cashcrop (1384) | 3 years ago |  Thanks for the information. Please continue .....
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