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Charivari or shivaree 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...


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Musical Opinion
Charivari AgrÉable
11/01/2004: 748 words, approx. 3 pages
Kah-Ming Ng chatted to Judith Monk Wc opened our discussion by defining what is meant by the words 'Early Music' as during my research I came across differing viewpoints. Some folk say it is music that is chronologically early as being written before...
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Charivari Japan opens. (fashion specialty store)
05/05/1989: 634 words, approx. 2 pages
CHARIVARI JAPAN OPENS TOKYO (FNS) -- Charivari, the New York-based fashion specialty store, has opened its first Japanese boutique in the international port city of Yokohama, west of Tokyo. The store, Charivari's first overseas venture, offers a full line of Charivari products...
 


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Critical Essay by James L. Green
1,056 words, approx. 4 pages
Like the typical fairy tale "Charivari" is a nightmare with a happy ending. However, the happy ending of fairy tale denies nightmare, preserves childhood innocence; the happy ending of "Charivari" is ironic, undercutting the false security of dream, affirming the reality of nightmare. (p. 83) Charivari denotes "a serenade of 'rough music,' with kettles, pans, tea-trays, and the like, used … in mockery and derision of incongrous or unpopular marriages&#...


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