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noun - a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple
CHARIVARI - Charivari (or shivaree or chivaree) or Skimmington (or skimmington ride in England; German: Katzenmusik) are terms for a folk custom in which a mock...
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| Regional See shivaree. See Regional Note at shivaree. |
| a cacophonous mock serenade, typically performed by a group of people in derision of an unpopular person or in celebration of a marriage. |
| a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple |
| A noisy mock serenade performed by a group of people to celebrate a marriage or mock an unpopular person. |
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| Charivari (or shivaree or chivaree) or Skimmington (or skimmington ride in England; German: Katzenmusik) are terms for a folk custom in which a mock parade was staged through a community accompanied by a discordant mock serenade. Since the crowd aimed to make as much noise as possible by beating on pots and pans or anything that came to hand these parades are often referred to as rough music. Parades were of three types. In the first, and generally most violent form, a wrongdoer or wrongdoers might be dragged from their home or place of work and paraded by force through a community. In the process they were subject to the derision of the crowd, they might be pelted and frequently a victim or victims were ducked at the end of the proceedings. A safer form involved a neighbour of the wrongdoer impersonating the victim whilst being carried through the streets. The impersonator was obviously not himself punished and he often cried out or sang ribald verses mocking the wrongdoer. In the co |