A traditional quinceañera court of honor commonly includes fourteen female attendants, known as damas.
The fourteen damas are usually paired with fourteen male attendants, called chambelanes. Together, the fourteen couples represent the fourteen years before the quinceañera’s fifteenth birthday; the celebrant herself completes the symbolic group of fifteen.
The court often participates in a choreographed entrance and dance. In many celebrations, the group performs a formal waltz and sometimes additional modern routines. The exact size is flexible, however, because families adapt the ceremony to their budget, venue, culture, and preferences.
A common mix-up is treating the court as a fixed legal or religious requirement. It is a social and ceremonial tradition, not a rule imposed by the Catholic Church. Some modern quinceañeras use a smaller court, include friends of different genders, or omit the court entirely.