Quinceañera

In the countries of immigrants like the united States, people from different cultural backgrounds bring their own cultures and traditions to live and work together and in the normal situation, one kind of culture will hold a dominant position. It is good for the people who have the dominant cultural background. However, that makes people from other cultural backgrounds confuse, especially for second or third generations. For these people, cultural assimilation and retroculturation are two…

Also in our culture teenager girls when they turn 15 have a celebration called a quinceanera. Quinceaneras used to show the coming of age of a lady, they are celebrated with a church mass. They are followed with a party with our authentic Mexican food. Followed with Bands and mariachis. The quinceanera will usually dance with her chambelanes and with her family. This day is made to be the best day of the quinceaneras life. Parents will most likely go all out. They will get the best venue, cooks,…

hispanic tradition would be a quinceanera. A quinceanera a the celebration of a girls fifteenth birthday. The reason why a…

and early 1500s, young girls were considered marriage ready at the age of 15. The United States started to make the girls who turn 15 a party or, a celebration Mexico did the same thing. Aztec Indias were the ones who empired during that time. Quinceañera custom call for 14 dramas, or maiden attendants, to accompany the quince girl. The parents or, family of the quince girl they stat to planning the party a year after she turns 15. When ever they planning the party they ask to people if they…

The movie Quinceañera tells the story of a young woman, Magdalena who is about to celebrate her 15th birthday party, better known in the Latino community as a quinceañera, a celebration of the transition from a little girls childhood and her becoming into a young woman, when she (Magdalena) soon finds out that she is pregnant. With much disapproval from her religious father she is forced to leave home and live with her extended family, her uncle Tomas, and her older cousin Carlos. The motion…

comes with a quinceañera, the Hispanic coming of age ritual. Alvarez explains “In talking about the impoverished Latinas throwing parties, they threw the house they probably didn’t own out the window “(54). In saying this, Alvarez is depicting the scenario of poorer Latina families going to extreme lengths for an over embellished party. Parents of these girls feel the pressure and are willing to break the bank in order to have a onetime party. In the Hispanic culture, the quinceañera is almost…

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I was really nervous because of the whole dance that day, even when I was on the party bus that was all I could think about. I somehow managed to take a picture with my brother while we were on the bus which did bring joy to me. The quinceanera dance ended up pretty good and next thing you know, the day had ended. Later on my brother and I would hang out a bit more, but then problems began to come in and we drifted apart all over again. There was a time where he left the house because…

The intention of the film was to demonstrate how Chicana/o families are occasionally threatened. When they are faced with situations that they do not agree or cannot imagine happening in their families such as teenage pregnancy, a homosexual love triangle, eviction, and a broken family. I believe the intention of the film was fulfilled because it painted a picture that many individuals can relate too regardless of his/her race or gender. Since the film was an independent film, it expressed a…

celebrate. It is the purpose of why are you celebrating. Culture includes the the traditions you pass on to each generation. It is the thing you enjoy. It is the language you speak. My cultural identity is what makes me unique. My quinceanera dress represents my culture and me. My dress was color coral and a light soft color of champagne. It was really big and puffy that it was hard for me to walk with it. The reason it was hard for me to walk was because it was really heavy. In the…