High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Charivari was originally a French folk custom, a noisy mock serenade for newlyweds. It was also sometimes used as a form of social coercion, to force an as-yet-unmarried couple to wed. "Charivari" is the original French word, and is used in both English and French in Canada. Similar customs arose in England and were carried to the colonies. They also existed in Italy. The term "shivaree" is used in the United States and "chivaree" is used in Ontario Canada. The custom was often used to demonstrate community disproval of adulterous relationships, wife beaters, unwed mothers and most commonly unnatural marriages and remarriages. The general charivari process began with allocating a meeting place for all members to plan out exactly what was to be done. Those who were to initiate the charivari then gathered the largest possible crowd to partake through word of mouth with women helping to organize and lead. After forming their plan the charivari participants would travel by foot to the home of those they were acting against and make as much noise as possible and begin their allotted actions.

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