Quinceañeras developed in Aztec culture in Mesoamerica around 500B.C. What’s special about this rite of passage is that it symbolizes a young girl's path into womanhood once they turn into the age of 15, thus receiving the term ‘quinceañera’ meaning ‘fifteen year old female’. According to Wikipedia.org (lastly edited on October 27, 2016), in the year prior to a young woman’s fifteenth birthday, she is taught how to cook, weave, and about child bearing by older women in their communities. In addition, before giving away the young woman, the women in the communities engage in activities that instruct the girl in her duties and responsibilities, urging her to follow the right path in life. This kind of immense celebration today varies significantly across the globe.
In a quinceañera party, the tradition varies by completing a series of events. For starters, quinceanera.com ( written by Quince Madrina) stated that a quinceañera party doesn’t start until a numerous amount of friends and family start attending the location in which the quinceañera takes place in. Later, when it is certain that all guests have arrived, the event coordinator will announce to the crowd to immediately take their seats, the DJ will then start to play …show more content…
Then the guests and the quinceañera will dance to one last song. Today, a quinceañera celebration is often an extravagant party that may include a mariachi band, a feast and many guests- very similar to a wedding. Planning for a quinceañera can start as early as the birth of a daughter, the family and godparents save up money until the girl is of age fifteen. Actual quinceañera preparations may take anywhere from six months to a year and a half; dances have to be learned, decorations decided upon, cakes ordered, and in some cases, dresses have to be
In a quinceañera party, the tradition varies by completing a series of events. For starters, quinceanera.com ( written by Quince Madrina) stated that a quinceañera party doesn’t start until a numerous amount of friends and family start attending the location in which the quinceañera takes place in. Later, when it is certain that all guests have arrived, the event coordinator will announce to the crowd to immediately take their seats, the DJ will then start to play …show more content…
Then the guests and the quinceañera will dance to one last song. Today, a quinceañera celebration is often an extravagant party that may include a mariachi band, a feast and many guests- very similar to a wedding. Planning for a quinceañera can start as early as the birth of a daughter, the family and godparents save up money until the girl is of age fifteen. Actual quinceañera preparations may take anywhere from six months to a year and a half; dances have to be learned, decorations decided upon, cakes ordered, and in some cases, dresses have to be