wedding tradition

yesterday saw traditional wedding preparation.  the groom's friends shave and dress him.  In this case they basically pinned him to a rock in the aegean, shaved his chest and thighs and then proceeded to smear mustard (dressing) all over his body.  During this time one dude was discharging his extremely loud blunderbuss on the public beach while another guy was setting off reams of firecrackers.  when i asked if this was a tradition all over greece, i was told that it was highly unlikely and that ikarians were the only ones this crazy.