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Thirteen coins and two padrinos
A Spanish wedding has no best man and no bridesmaids. It has padrinos — traditionally the groom's mother and the bride's father, who walk them in and act as witnesses — so the roles are family ones rather than a chosen party of friends. The ceremony includes las arras, thirteen coins passed from one to the other as a promise to share whatever they have, and often a lazo, a cord or veil laid across both to signify being bound together. Guests are expected to wear their best, and they will.