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Paris wedding charivari (Shivaree)

Elegant vintage wedding limousine decorated with pink ribbons and flowers. Classic car for special occasions.

Paris wedding charivari


In France, the custom of charivari now often includes a drive through the town in a parade of decorated cars with horns blaring.  The older custom was to make noise as the couple left the church or at the home of the newlyweds on their wedding night, but customs change over the years.  This was the couples car for a wedding in Paris .

Elegant vintage wedding limousine decorated with pink ribbons and flowers. Classic car for special occasions.

Updated October 2025.

Tony Fitzgerald and Lisa LeCoump are professional photographers living in Santa Cruz, California, and the owners of Tony Fitzgerald Photography. They spent ten years photographing weddings, and their photographs have been frequently published in blogs and magazines.

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