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.
On the 23rd, while the destroyers HMS Kashmir, HMS Kelly and HMS Kipling shelled the airfield at Maleme HMS Hero and HMS Decoy took the Greek King and his party onboard. During the night of October 25-26 Hero was damaged by a near bomb miss from a JU87 whilst escorting HMS Latona who was transporting troops and supplies to Tobruk.