Knowledge: quinceañera
Links
- What is a Quinceañera?
http://www.chaffey.org/students/tigerrag/1998-09/quince.html - A high school student's page of the celebration, the order of events, and why it is special.
- History of the Quinceañera as a Rite of Passage
http://www.geocities.jp/japanliving/quinceaneras.html - Shows the history, meaning, and events of this special birthday year among Latin Americans.
- La Quiceanera - An Hispanic Celebration of Budding Womanhood
http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/dpalfrey/dpquince.html - Explains how in Mexico the transition from childhood to womanhood is marked with the celebration of the Quinceañera.
- Quinceanera - Mexican Girl's Fifteenth Birthday Party
http://gomexico.about.com/cs/culture/a/quinceanera.htm - The Quinceanera - A glorious celebration and cherished tradition in honor of a Mexican girl's 15th birthday.
- Quinceanera - A celebration of Latina Womanhood
http://www.nyfolklore.org/pubs/voic28-3-4/onair.html - Explains the rite of passage, the mass, the fiesta with the couples, the girl's first symbolic high-heels, and dances.
- A Hispanic Girl's Coming of Age
http://www.epcc.edu/ftp/Homes/monicaw/borderlands/10_a_hispanic_girl's.htm - Describes the origins of the event, preparation, and the progression of events and dances.
- What is Quinceañera
http://adelantesterling.tripod.com/quincena_meaning.htm - Explains the cultural marker for Latinas and, more specifically, mexicanas, and for the honoree it remains a coming-of-age ritual.
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