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Posted by chakrasdeosil

This thread has been buuuuuuusy!!! I went to bed yesterday and there wasnt even a full pg of posts, and I wake up this morning and its three pages long... YAY. but then im like omg what did i miss? I gotta catch up!

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Me too everytime i look theres another post lololol..i started it lastnight and i thought it was just die out...but im really happy its grown so much..wooooohooo lol

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It can be anyone, and usually they know that if they are the padrinos, they have to contribute something. it can be a family member or anyone that you know and are close to. If your catholic, my mom just said that they can refuse to marry you if you dont have padrinos.

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Posted by bluekat16

Here are some explanations of some of the wedding traditions:

he Arras (13 Gold Coins)

The madrina de arras holds the 13 coins the bridegroom presents to the bride. The coins, or arrhea, was a Roman custom of breaking gold or silver, one half to be kept by the woman and the other half by the man, as a pledge of marriage. Thirteen gold coins (arras) are given to the bride by the bridegroom, signifying he will support her. Often presented in ornate boxes or gift trays, this represents the brides dowry and holds good wishes for prosperity. These coins become a part of their family heirloom.

The number 13 represents Christ and his 12 apostles. The coins are presented to the minister by a friend or relative (usually the purchaser). The minister then blesses the coins. The coins are then placed on a tray and handed to an assistant to be held until later in the ceremony. Near the end of the ceremony the box and coins are given to the minister who places the coins in the box and hands them to the groom.

The groom gives the bride thirteen gold coins as a symbol of his unquestionable trust and confidence. The groom will then pour the coins into the bride's cupped hands and places the box on top. The symbolism, which may be explained by the officiant, is that the Groom recognizes his responsibility as a provider, and pledges his ability to support and care for her. Acceptance by the bride means taking that trust and confidence unconditionally with total dedication and prudence.

The Lasso

The Lasso is associated with a wedding prayer during the ceremony. As part of the ceremony to symbolize unity, a large loop of rosary beads is placed in a figure eight shape around the necks of the couple after they have exchanged their vows. The symbolism of the lasso is to show the union and protection of marriage.

Special additional members of the wedding party may be in charge of 'lassoing' the Bride and Groom together after they kneel for the wedding prayer. They drape what is usually a white satin circle of cord around the shoulders of the kneeling Bride and Groom, groom's shoulder's first. The lasso may also be tied around their wrists. The couple wears the lasso throughout the remainder of the service. The loop is symbolic of their love which should bind the couple together everyday as they equally share the responsibility of marriage for the rest of their lives.

At the end of the ceremony, the lasso is removed by the couple which placed the lasso on the couple. The lasso is given to the Bride as a momento of her becoming the mistress of the groom's heart and home and shows their promise to always be together side-by-side

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I love both of them..they sound so nice something truly from the heart..thanks for sharing

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Posted by SpringBride2010

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Posted by chakrasdeosil

This thread has been buuuuuuusy!!! I went to bed yesterday and there wasnt even a full pg of posts, and I wake up this morning and its three pages long... YAY. but then im like omg what did i miss? I gotta catch up!

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Me too everytime i look theres another post lololol..i started it lastnight and i thought it was just die out...but im really happy its grown so much..wooooohooo lol

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Me too! we cant let it die out, Ive never seen a thread like this and its really cool. even if we have to blab about what we ate yesterday, we gotta keep it alive lol

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Posted by chakrasdeosil

It can be anyone, and usually they know that if they are the padrinos, they have to contribute something. it can be a family member or anyone that you know and are close to. If your catholic, my mom just said that they can refuse to marry you if you dont have padrinos.

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O no for real?? It's that only in Spanish catholic churches? I might get married in a Spanish catholic church because my FH really wants too.

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Posted by chakrasdeosil

This thread has been buuuuuuusy!!! I went to bed yesterday and there wasnt even a full pg of posts, and I wake up this morning and its three pages long... YAY. but then im like omg what did i miss? I gotta catch up!

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Me too everytime i look theres another post lololol..i started it lastnight and i thought it was just die out...but im really happy its grown so much..wooooohooo lol

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Me too! we cant let it die out, Ive never seen a thread like this and its really cool. even if we have to blab about what we ate yesterday, we gotta keep it alive lol

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Definitely!!!! Or even if we just write Bump lmao!!!

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Posted by LvnMrT

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Posted by chakrasdeosil

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Posted by SpringBride2010

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Posted by MrsCastanedain09

Hey Chicas!
I'm Diana and am really glad to see this thread
I'm Mexican American, FH is Costa Rican and Peruvian.

We are incorporating lots:

Mass will be 80% in Spanish
We will have Padrinos de Boda
I will wear a mantilla veil and wear a dress made in Spain (Pronovias)
We're doing the rosary lasso and presenting flowers to the Virgen de Guadalupe.

We're also having Mariachi's perform during dinner...my Big Fat Latino Wedding!

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Hello!!!!!! I never heard of Padrinos de Boda, that sounds really interesting. Everything sounds really really nice

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Padrinos de boda, can be helpful My mom says the padrinos pay for the wedding cake and some of the flowers. Since my cake comes with the RH, hes offered to pay for the photog and flowers.

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Hmmm...I think I'll look into Padrinos the boda...I can always use the $$ help lol

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We selected a couple that we admire- his Aunt and Uncle. We feel they are a great example of the type of marriage we would like to have.

In addition to assisting with some costs, they also can put the lasso (if you're doing that) around you guys, or your MOH and BM can do it as well.

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Posted by bluekat16

Here is an article from the knot with some of the explanations:

Latin-American Weddings: A Roundup of Traditions

Felicitaciones! You're getting married. We've got some great ideas from Latin America to help make your fiesta fabulous.

A DONDE CASARSE? (WHERE TO MARRY)
Choose a meaningful spot for your wedding. Look for a place that holds Latin-American significance, such as a cultural museum, an important church, a historical site, or a Latin-owned restaurant. Or look for a site with a Latin feel, like a Spanish mission, a hacienda, or even the tropical foliage in a local botanical garden. And don't forget about the decorations: use brightly colored linens, flowers, and pottery. You can even hang pinatas from the ceiling. At Puerto Rican weddings, a doll dressed in a bridal gown is placed at the head table.

PARA LA NOVIA (FOR THE BRIDE)
Trying to decide on your vestido de bodas (wedding dress)? For a subtle Latin feel consider wearing a dramatic mantilla veil, or a slim dress with a bolero jacket. Or look for a dress with Flamenco-style ruffles at the hem. Need something blue? Brides in many Latin-American countries wear a light blue petticoat or slip beneath their dresses. White not your color? Well, in Spain, brides wear black dresses to show their devotion until death. Touches of red and black, for both bride and groom, also add a Latin touch. But, if this seems like too much for you to handle, consider dressing your wedding party in red and black.

LA PROCESION (THE PROCESSION)
Who's walking you down the aisle? At Argentinean weddings, the bride is escorted by her father. There are no bridesmaids or groomsmen, and only the couple's parents and godparents stand with them at the altar. Similarly, in Chile, only the parents stand at the altar with the couple.

ARRAS (COINS)
During Catholic ceremonies in Spain, Panama, and Mexico, the groom presents the bride with 13 gold coins, known as Arras, to represent his ability to support the bride. The coins are blessed by the priest and passed through the hands of the newlyweds several times, ending up with the bride. Want to make the ritual a little more balanced? Consider giving each other coins, to symbolize shared responsibility.

LOS ANILLOS (THE RINGS)
Not everyone waits until their big day to get their wedding bands. In Chile, engaged couples wear rings on their right hand until they are married and switch to the left hand after the wedding. Argentinean couples also exchange rings when they get engaged.

MADRINAS Y PADRINOS (GODPARENTS)
Throughout Latin America, specially chosen godparents guide couples through their wedding ceremony. In Mexico, madrinas and padrinos serve as wedding sponsors, supporting the couple both financially and spiritually. In Bolivia and Equador, compadres or compadrazgo are chosen either at birth or marriage. They play a large role in the wedding, and continue to support the couple throughout their lives.

ATE EL NUDO (TIE THE KNOT)
In Guatemala, the couple binds themselves together during the ceremony with a silver rope. Mexican couples perform a similar ritual, where a rosary or white rope is wound around their shoulders in a figure eight to symbolize their union. While the couple is bound together, the priest may recite the following: 'Let the union of binding together this rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary be an inspiration to you both. Remember the holiness necessary to preserve your new family can only be obtained by mutual sacrifice and love.'

BEBIDAS (DRINKS)
Time to celebrate! Have your bartender mix up a giant batch of sangria, a delicious punch made from a secret combination of wine, brandy, sugar, fruit, and seltzer. Or serve a selection of Latin-American cocktails such as Caipirinha, a Brazilian potion of fresh lime juice, sugar, and sugar cane liquor; and the time-tested Cuban favorite, rum and Coke. As for wine, Chile, Argentina, and Spain all produce excellent white, red, and sparkling wines. For non-alcoholic drinks, Mexican sodas come in a variety of tropical flavors, and batidos are popular fruit shakes made from fresh fruit, ice and milk. And dont forget to serve some strong cafe con leche with your wedding cake.

COMIDAS LATINAS (LATIN FOOD)
For appetizers, try pasteles, Puerto Rican meat patties, or empanadas, Colombian pastries stuffed with meat and vegetables. Spanish tapas make perfect appetizers. These bite-sized morsels come in an astounding variety, such as pickles, olives, spicy veggies, cheeses, omelets, garlic shrimp, and chunks of grilled peasant bread. For real Latin-American flavor set up stations of make-your-own fajitas and tacos. Other must-have dishes include rice and beans, paella, arroz con pollo (chicken with rice), ropa vieja (beef stew), and plantains (fried bananas). And for dessert? Flan, of course. This delicious custard made from milk, eggs, vanilla, and caramelized sugar is the perfect way to end the night. In Mexico, Panama, and throughout the Caribbean, traditional wedding cakes are made with nuts and dried fruit, and are soaked in lots of rum. Ask local Spanish and Latino restaurants if they do catering, and you're on your way.

BAILEMOS (LET'S DANCE)
There is an endless variety of Latin music to choose from: salsa, merengue, mambo, flamenco, and samba, to name just a few. For a really dramatic first dance, take some tango lessons before your big day, and surprise your guests with a performance. Hire a Mexican mariachi group or Cuban big band to get everyone dancing. Before the dancing really begins at Mexican weddings, guests gather around the couple in a heart-shaped ring. Cuban weddings often include a money dance, in which each man who dances with the bride attaches money to her gown.

REGALOS (GIFTS)
In Puerto Rico, small favors, called capias, are presented to the guests in a receiving line. They are made of feathers tied with ribbon and printed with the couple's names and wedding date. For your wedding, you can give guests little Mexican wedding cookies wrapped in tulle, Spanish fans, a volume of Pablo Neruda's love poems, or note cards with paintings by Frida Kahlo or Diego Rivera tied with ribbon. If you're up for it, the little bride and groom skeletons used during the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead, which is really a celebration of life) would be perfect favors.

DONDE ESTAN? (WHERE ARE THEY?)
Can't wait for the honeymoon to begin? Well, in Venezuela, it isn't uncommon for a couple to sneak away from their own reception. But no one gets upset once they discover the newlyweds are missing -- it's actually considered good luck.

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Thank you for sharing ...imagine having some pasteles at your cocktail that would be pretty crazy..in a Great way..lol.

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Posted by chakrasdeosil

It can be anyone, and usually they know that if they are the padrinos, they have to contribute something. it can be a family member or anyone that you know and are close to. If your catholic, my mom just said that they can refuse to marry you if you dont have padrinos.

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wow i need to find out about that didnt know that

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My matron of honor (my cousin which is like and older sister) was also my madrina. She got us our cake as a gift.

ETA: About padrinos and Catholic church not marrying you they just use the MOH and the BM as padrinos.

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Posted by SpringBride2010

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Posted by chakrasdeosil

It can be anyone, and usually they know that if they are the padrinos, they have to contribute something. it can be a family member or anyone that you know and are close to. If your catholic, my mom just said that they can refuse to marry you if you dont have padrinos.

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O no for real?? It's that only in Spanish catholic churches? I might get married in a Spanish catholic church because my FH really wants too.

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Yeah, my mom was married in a catholic church, they are like witnesses in the wedding. So you have to have them when u sign ur marrige certificate

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Posted by chakrasdeosil

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Posted by SpringBride2010

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Posted by chakrasdeosil

It can be anyone, and usually they know that if they are the padrinos, they have to contribute something. it can be a family member or anyone that you know and are close to. If your catholic, my mom just said that they can refuse to marry you if you dont have padrinos.

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O no for real?? It's that only in Spanish catholic churches? I might get married in a Spanish catholic church because my FH really wants too.

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Yeah, my mom was married in a catholic church, they are like witnesses in the wedding. So you have to have them when u sign ur marrige certificate

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O wow thanks for posting because i wouldv'e never known

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Posted by SpringBride2010

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Posted by chakrasdeosil

This thread has been buuuuuuusy!!! I went to bed yesterday and there wasnt even a full pg of posts, and I wake up this morning and its three pages long... YAY. but then im like omg what did i miss? I gotta catch up!

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Me too everytime i look theres another post lololol..i started it lastnight and i thought it was just die out...but im really happy its grown so much..wooooohooo lol

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Me too! we cant let it die out, Ive never seen a thread like this and its really cool. even if we have to blab about what we ate yesterday, we gotta keep it alive lol

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Definitely!!!! Or even if we just write Bump lmao!!!

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HAHAHA, imagine a whole page just saying BUMP! Everyone will be like whats wrong with them

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Posted by chakrasdeosil

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Posted by SpringBride2010

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Posted by chakrasdeosil

This thread has been buuuuuuusy!!! I went to bed yesterday and there wasnt even a full pg of posts, and I wake up this morning and its three pages long... YAY. but then im like omg what did i miss? I gotta catch up!

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Me too everytime i look theres another post lololol..i started it lastnight and i thought it was just die out...but im really happy its grown so much..wooooohooo lol

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Me too! we cant let it die out, Ive never seen a thread like this and its really cool. even if we have to blab about what we ate yesterday, we gotta keep it alive lol

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Definitely!!!! Or even if we just write Bump lmao!!!

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HAHAHA, imagine a whole page just saying BUMP! Everyone will be like whats wrong with them

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lmfao..i saw that in another thread i think it was the indian brides thread..they said bump like 3 or 4 times..but i'm sure we'll have plenty to come up.

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The possibilities are endless

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HI Ladies,

My name is Catalina (i am Colombian, born there, raised here). DH is Nicaraguan and Guatemalan (and a little chinese somewhere in there), he was born in Guatemale but raised here....

We are Christian, but I was raised Catholic, when it came to the wedding we decided to get married in a Christian church (that he grew up in). The service was in Spanish.

For cake we had tres leches cake- which was amazing!!! and for food we included arroz con gandules and a roasted whole pig (lechon- which I didnt really want but DH was all for it).

All our music was in Spanish except for some hip-hop from back in the days (early 90's) and some current one.


So to add to the thread...let talk about where we grew up and what we do for a living...

I grew up in Cypress Hills Brooklyn...(border of East NY)...I love Brooklyn and how everyone knows everyone....now I live in Hollis (the quiet part...lol) I go to law school...but did non profit social work for a while....

Whose next?

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Posted by RadiantBride

My matron of honor (my cousin which is like and older sister) was also my madrina. She got us our cake as a gift.

ETA: About padrinos and Catholic church not marrying you they just use the MOH and the BM as padrinos.

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Seems a little weird to me lol. It would b nice to ask someone to b a padrino, makes em feel special.

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Asking your Padrinos to be your Padrinos.

This is what FH and I did. We had a family dinner and told them how much they meant to us and how much we admire their marriage. We asked if they would do us the honor of sitting at the altar with our parents during our wedding as our padrinos. (Our parents, MOH, BM and padrinos will all be seated at the altar on each side of us. BM's and GM's will be in the front pews)

So that they wouldn't feel overwhelmed, we told them that we planned to pay for our wedding but that anything they would like to donate was appreciated, to let us know. They decided to buy our rosary lasso and cake! I think it's important to let them know that you don't expect them to pay for the wedding because in some countries they are expected to pay for LOTS if not ALL of it.

Good luck ladies. Also, we're honoring them in the introductions and in our Ceremony program.

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Posted by chakrasdeosil

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Posted by RadiantBride

My matron of honor (my cousin which is like and older sister) was also my madrina. She got us our cake as a gift.

ETA: About padrinos and Catholic church not marrying you they just use the MOH and the BM as padrinos.

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Seems a little weird to me lol. It would b nice to ask someone to b a padrino, makes em feel special.

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Hummm I guess i just used the Americanized way and translated Padrinos into BM and Matron of Honor.

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Posted by SpringBride2010

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Posted by sharivera

I am not latina , but FH is Puerto Rican...he really wanted a Salsa band & DJ (which would have been great ) but that was a little out of our budget... :( So we are just having a DJ. We are making them a list of all the spanish music we want played, aside from the obvious Suavamente..which i think i've heard at every non-latino wedding!!

One of our cocktail hour choices is a spanish station...which we are definitely having! Arroz con pollo and platanos!! mmmm....

One of the reasons we chose our RH was because of the spanish station.. none of the other halls we saw offered that!!

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Welcome!!!!Ooooo that sounds really good having arroz con pollo and platanos... ....You should definitely ask your dj to play lloraras by Oscar de Leon that song is one of the best..even though it's kinda old but still makes ppl dance

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Well there will be ALOT of old skool Puerto Ricans there so we need some older & new music... and I LOVE THAT SONG.. that is actually already on our list!!

I am Shari , by the way, and although I am not latina, I grew up in Washington Heights and spent most of my life there...so I have always been surrounded by the many amazing latin cultures and I am becoming a part of a wonderful Puerto Rican family..