Mutual mocking in songs as a traditional culture phenomenon is present at different meaningful moments of human life - in economic events, e.g. during the bees, also in annual festivities and in family celebrations including weddings. On the one hand, mutual mocking is linked with a competition and a game, on the other, it also plays a ritual and fertility enhancing role. Improvisation and humour are integral parts of performing mutual mocking songs. They are characterized by different intensity ranging from mild humour to sharp sarcasm, which is reflected both in folk songs and the descriptions of the wedding customs. There is multi-layered meaning of jokes and humour in the process of singing mutual mocking: 1) entertainment, 2) the way to express something not socially acceptable to be discussed in public, 3) a tool for getting rid of clumsiness and tension that arises when people are meeting for the first time to become relatives as a result of the wedding. Singing mutual mocking is not a commonplacephenomenon, thus it infringes everyday norms of behaviour, e.g. using uncensored vocabulary, openly taunting others for their shortcomings, and it is also the update and reinforcement of the norms and arrangements. When compiling the Latvian mutual mocking songs about the bodies of the wedding guests the conclusion is that the appearance is closely related to the character of the person. Nose is the most popular part of the human body appearing in texts. Overall, the head (hair, forehead, eyes, ears, cheeks, moustache and beard, nose, moth, lips, tongue, teeth) is reflected significantly more frequently than the rest of the body (neck, shoulders, back, arms, fingers, fingernails, chest, stomach, reproductive organs, navel, legs). The head is mentioned in a diverse and detailed way; the front of the body appears in the texts much more often and in greater detail than the back. When it comes to the torso, the greatest focus is on reproductive organs and the abdomen, which are associated with sexual attraction and prosperity. The qualities of the body are almost always associated with the character of the person who is being sung about. In this case the body becomes the lens for looking at traditional notions of virtues, habits, and values. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]