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Mexican American girls at a quinceañera celebration in Santa Fe, New Mexico. A quinceañera (also fiesta de quinceañera, quince años, fiesta de quince años, quinceañero and quinces) is a celebration of a girl's 15th birthday that is common in Mexican and other Latin American cultures. [1]
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 ...
] Latin American countries, when a female reaches the age of 15, her relatives organize a very expensive celebration. It is usually a large party, called a Quinceañera in Spanish speaking countries and Baile de Debutantes (also called Festa de 15 [anos] , literally: Party of 15 [years]) in Brazil.
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 ...
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.
Debutantes at the Chrysanthemum Ball in Munich (2012) A debutante, also spelled débutante (/ ˈ d ɛ b j ʊ t ɑː n t / DEB-yuu-tahnt; from French: débutante, ' female beginner '), or deb is a young woman of aristocratic or upper-class family background who has reached maturity and is presented to society at a formal "debut" (UK: / ˈ d eɪ b juː, ˈ d ɛ b juː / DAY-bew, DEB-yoo, US: / d ...
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