The padrinos of the arras hold the 13 coins the bride and groom will present to each other following the blessing and placing of rings. This unusual custom comes from the Romans, whose tradition included breaking of gold or silver with one half to be kept by the woman and the other half by the man as a pledge of their marriage.
Bouzouki /Î¼ÏÎ¿ÏÎ¶Î¿ÏÎºÎ¹. Sirtaki or syrtaki /ÏÏÏÏÎ¬ÎºÎ¹ is a popular dance of Greek origin, choreographed by Giorgos Provias for the 1964 film Zorba the Greek. It is a recent Greek folkdance, and a mixture of the slow and fast versions of the hasapiko dance.
Although not a typical or traditional Greek dance, Sirtaki is probably the most popular one, not only due to Zorba's charming figure, but because it is an indispensable and expressive part of Greek kefi, which is the Greek way of having fun.irtaki is actually the name given to the combination of various Hasapika dances. In fact, it was created in 1964 for the movie Zorba the Greek from the mixture of slow and fast versions of the known Hasapiko dance.