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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
A sweet sixteen is a coming-of-age party [1] celebrating one's 16th birthday, mainly celebrated in the United States and Canada.While they are not a legal adult, typically, when they turn 16 is when many people learn to drive, get jobs, and assume other adult responsibilities.
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 ...
La última muñeca (Spanish for "the last doll") is a tradition of the Quinceañera, the celebration of a girl's fifteenth birthday in parts of Latin America.During this ritual the quinceañera relinquishes a doll from her childhood to signify that she is no longer in need of such a toy, often giving it to a younger female relative. [1]