A Japanese Shivaree.
Our family would wait until summer then make a lot of noise and surprise the bride and groom.
If the groom could be caught, the men would ride him on a rail to the river and throw him in. Usually, the groom would
catch the bride and throw her in the river too.
There was no alcohol involved, just a lot of good clean fun.
The wedding tradition of tying cans to the bumper of the wedding car comes from the French custom of throwing a “charivari” for the couple. The “charivari” was essentially a celebration that took place on a night before the wedding. Neighbors would walk down the streets and bang their pots and pans to make as much noise as possible throughout the village in order to scare away evil spirits. Since cans make noise when dragged behind a moving car, the classic “charivari” was adapted to simply tying cans to the wedding car bumper.