Research Paper On Quinceanera

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Have you ever been to or even know what a quinceanera is? A quinceanera is a celebration of a young girl becoming 15. A quinceanera is very important to a teenaged girl because it resembles a young girl becoming a woman. People think that quinceanera is just a party for fun but in reality it is a party that is sometimes very emotional for parents. In Samantha’s presentation she showed her and her father dancing. In the photo of them dancing Samantha’s father was crying. Samantha said he was crying because he was sad that he didn’t want to let his little girl become a woman. Also most people think that quinceaneras are just to mark a girl becoming a woman but a quinceanera in the ancient years meant something else in the article “Coming Of

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