Quinceañera

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…

step in the life of a human being. It marks the beginning of a new chapter in our lives. Today, I will be reminiscing the rite of passage of a friend who transitioned from childhood to adulthood. The rite of passage that I witnessed was a Quinceanera, a Quinceanera is a coming of age celebration/ceremony that symbolizes a girls transition from childhood to adulthood/womanhood. The event started with a mass, although I was not present at the mass, my friend, the birthday girl, told me that the…

Marlén Mendoza Quinceañera I can still remember the limo, the photo shoots, the cake and that magnificent ice sculpture at the center of my dessert table. That day the venue was filled with over three hundred attendees from family to friends to even strangers but none of it mattered because on June 6, 2008, I became a Quinceañera. To many of my non-Latino friends this description of my party might sound like a wedding but it is not, on the contrary it is a rite of passage. Although now…

The two stories, “Good Enough” and “The Quinceanera Text” are very interesting passage with deep thought written into them. “Good Enough” is about Dori who wants a very expensive shirt but her family is very poor. The shirt that is received is a fake but Dori comes to realize that Ana does not care what people think and comes to love the shirt. “The Quinceanera Text” is about fifteen year old Ana wanting a phone. Many other presents are received but Ana’s parents cannot afford a phone. Something…

Quinceanera I celebrated my quinceanera on August the 15th because my birthday was on August 25th. It was on a school day so we did it before. Hispanic people celebrate their sweet 15 because it’s a tradition it's the same as sweet 16. I got to wear my big dress. It was red and zebra.At first I didn't want no party,but then I saw that my cousin’s were having a quinceanera. I told my mom that now I wanted one she said how you going to do because I’m a shy person and I said I’ll try…

In my heritage, when a girl reaches the age of fifteen there family throws a symbolic party for them, the celebration is called Quinceañera. It is viewed as a way in which a girl becomes a woman. The photo above was taken during my Quinceañera in August about a little over a year ago. This is viewed as a girl’s true becoming interconnected with the outside world. Before reaching of age, girls are viewed as a humble and fragile object that needs the care of the family to survive. During the…

becoming a young lady. My parents were excited about me turning fifteen and giving me a quinceanera. I actually didn't want to have one, I wasn't interested in celebrations but it was important to them to show that they cared about me, so I agreed. We started planning in late 2012, we were looking at churches for the blessing, restaurants for the dinner, we were also looking for a dress. During a quinceanera, the girl wears a white dress to symbolize staying pure and being a virgin. It took a…

I was standing in front of all my family. I was wearing my big puffy light pink dress, and I grabbed the microphone ready to talk. The day had finally come; I’ve been waiting/planning my Quinceañera (15th) birthday party since I wad ten years old. It was June 20th, 2015 at exactly 4:00pm, and I was at my reception with all of my court (four guys). After dancing all the choreographed dances, the moment to give my speech had finally arrived. It was around 6:00pm when my uncle had finally…

I had my quinceanera. Having my quinceanera taught me things about myself and about my culture that I never knew about. A quinceanera is when a Chicana / Latina teenager turns 15 and it is a passage to womanhood. She has a big party to celebrate her and her passage of becoming a woman called a quinceanera. For me celebrating and having my quinceanera was something big for me because I had never celebrated something of my culture and I was very excited for that. Celebrating a quinceanera is a…

hispanic/ latina awaits had finally come my way. Attending so many Quinceañeras throughout my lifetime helped me create a more vivid idea of what I wanted. I became almost obsessed with the idea of having a Quinceañera after seeing how perfect my special day could turn out. it's the first and only event in a girl’s life that transitions her from childhood to womanhood. I remember like if it was yesterday when i attended my last Quinceañera, I was about eleven years old. my cousin and I would…