Quinceanera

Quinceanera

Kelly Leyva, Contributor

What’s a Quinceanera? Have you ever heard what a Quinceanera is? A Quinceanera is a type of celebration that celebrates a young girl into her adult hood. These celebrations only happen when the girl is turning fifteenth. These types of party’s originate from Mexico. Parties like these can take months even a year because of how much planning\time you have to give to create such a beautiful party.

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A Quinceanera has lost of traditions such as having a big dress, dances, accessories, last doll, cake cutting and not least a religious ceremony. Those are some of the traditions that happen while the whole celebration. Quinceanera’s have so much meaning then just having a huge party it’s a way of showing your family that you have grown and isn’t just a little girl anymore. Did you know that Quinceanera’s use to mean a way of showing that a fifteenth year old was ready to get married? How scary is that.