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The Spanish names for the celebration can be literally translated to English as the "celebration of the 15-year-old" (fiesta de quinceañera, fiesta de quince años), "15 years" (quince años, quinceañero) or just 15 (quinces). [1] This birthday is celebrated differently from any other as it marks the transition from childhood to young ...
Yet young women and their families are still sentimental about the celebration’s significance. The quinceañera, Garcia told NBC News, just means she’s growing up. For her mother, Julia, it ...
Most are held in the Southwest and in Texas and California (by the history of Las Californias). Because the descendants of the original Mexicans have been Americans for several generations, many of the fiestas, especially the nonreligious ones, are a mixture of Mexican and American cultures. They may attract participants from across the whole ...
Several young Latinas are celebrating quinceañeras as part of Quince to the Polls, an event in San Antonio, Texas to encourage Hispanic voter participation. These quinceañeras want their loved ...
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Latina girls wearing their quinceañera dresses led a parade through the streets of San Antonio, Texas, to encourage people to vote in the midterm elections.
To be considered a Debutante in *New Orleans, a young woman must be presented at a party by her family and/or their friends, and at one or more of the following Clubs: Le Debut des Jeunes Filles de la Nouvelle Orleans; The Bachelor's Club; The Pickwick Club; The Debutante Club; The Mid-Winter Cotillion; The Original Illinois Club; The Young Men ...
The quinceañera or quince años (sometimes represented XV Años, meaning "fifteen years") is, in some Spanish-speaking regions of the Americas, a young woman's celebration of her fifteenth birthday, which is celebrated in a unique and different way from her other birthdays.