Celebrating 5 days of rituals with a very Spanish ceremony, the exchanging of the arras coins. The photo is from a bespoke ceremony I officiated high up in the Malaga mountains, photographed by @andreasholm The Spanish arras ceremony goes back to ancient Roman times where gold or silver was broken equally into two pieces to signify a promise to marry by two individuals. Nowadays, “arras” is used in Spanish legal terms to mean a financial show of good faith. Couples can choose an arras ceremony as a show of good faith before they exchange wedding vows and as a symbol of their equality in all things. In a modern ceremony, 12 guests warm an arras coin in their hands then say a special word of blessing, so that the warmed coin may for ever contain the energy of their love and special wishes for the future of the marriage. The thirteenth coin represents the couples’s commitment to each other in the name of LOVE. #celebrantspain #weddingritual #weddingtradition #marriageritual #marriagetradition #arrascoinceremony #Spanisharras #arrasweddingcoins #Spanishweddingtradition #Spanishwedding #getmarriedinSpain #marryinSpain #marriedinSpain #destinationweddingSpain #bilingualweddingofficiant #bilingualweddingcelebrant #weddinginspain #weddingsinspain #spainweddings #loveislove (at Andalusia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAXA98EiqSv/?igshid=18elv5hd2w2ne