Narrative Of A Quinceañera

Journalists and other nonfiction writers alike occasionally provide accounts of real life traditions and events that occur in various cultures. These important events are often emphasized by underlining them through sequential and descriptive structure, along with direct quotations from the participants of the event. In the news article, “Quinceanera Birthday Bash Preserves Tradition, Marks Passage to Womanhood”, author Natalie St. John uses the aforementioned to highlight and depict the details of a quinceañera and its significance in the Mexican culture and community.

La Quinceañera is a tradition birthday celebration for girls who turned 15 in Spanish speaking world. In Latino culture, most people make a big of deal for this celebration because of their religion. According to La Tradición de la Quinceañera, mothers celebrated their daughters turning 15th birthday in tradition ritual ways because this is when girls hit their maturity and their parents believed them to have good behaviors afterward. In this tradition, a lot of expensive clothing involved such as matching jewelries with their dresses. Also, their bouquet of flower represented being virgin like Virgin Mary.

Many people have experienced a Rite of Passage at least once in their lives without recognizing it. Experiencing a Rite of Passage is necessary to becoming an adult. A Rite of Passage can be both formal and informal, they both indicate a shift from one state to another. Formal Rites of Passages are weddings, Quinceañeras, and Bar Mitzvah, whereas informal Rites of Passages are a person’s first kiss, first job, and or the loss of a person 's virginity. Julia Alvarez focuses on the process and idea of Quinceañeras in her article "Selections from Once Upon A Quinceañera." Also included in this article is Jaider Sánchez that witnessed the sexual part of the ritual and Isabella Martinez Wall who talks about the benefits of the ritual on her life.Although many people believe that experiencing a Rites of Passage is not directly related to one 's self identity, these rituals both informal and formal do in fact affect one 's personal identity.

In many hispanic cultures, it is customary to have a big celebration for a young girls fifteenth birthday. This tradition is known as a Quinceanera, Quince, or Fiesta Rosa. This tradition celebrates a young girls coming of age. Moreover, this celebration “[embraces] religious customs, and the virtues of family and social responsibility” (Quinceanera-Boutique). In addition to celebrating the quinceanera, the big event allows family to come together and just enjoy themselves.

It took us three months to learn the routines. The songs that we are dancing to are all by Britney Spears. Everyone applauses when we finish all three dances. I am dancing with my father and we both are getting a little teary eyed. I am trying to hold it in though. The party ends at three a.m. After everyone leaves, my immediate family and friends clean up as much as we can because it was a part of our contract with the owners. I get home at four thirty a.m. and open my presents. I get one thousand dollars, jewelry, and cards that are wishing me a happy birthday. I give the one thousand dollars to my parents because I feel bad on how much they spent on the party. I didn’t really get much sleep last night due to the fact that I keep thinking about my biological

All birthdays are special. Birthdays celebrate life and the passing of time. In a young Mexican girl life, there is no birthday more important then her quinceañera. The quinceañera is a celebration of a girl’s journey into womanhood. The story of my fifteenth birthday is contributed for a better understanding of how special it is to celebrate a girl’s transformation into a lady, and how it differs from any other birthday she celebrates.

Like most little girls, I always dreamed of having a quinceañera. A quinceañera is a traditional party that most latino families celebrate when a girl turns 15. It represents how the young girl is growing up to become a woman. After many months of planning and stressing, on August 12, 2012, it was my big day! All my family & friends collaborated into making this dream come true. I still remember that day as if it was just yesterday.

A quinceanera is a tradition of celebrating a hispanic young girl’s coming of the age 15. At the quinceanera i will be wearing a blue ball gown. It will also have a tiara and a prayer book.. There will also be a unicorn Pinata!! The court that i will have will be wearing light pink gowns and black tuxedos. All of the family members from where ever we have them will be attending. Unless they are sick or some other reason like a family matter or something. The guests will be receiving tokens, to attend the celebration. The events will include very good food and music, and a waltz or dance performed by me, my court and my parents . The food at my quinceanera will

Throughout history, most young girls have a Quinceanera which is a special occasion and traditional celebration of a young girl turning fifteen on her birthday and making a transition from child to adult. Reached maturity and eligibility for marriage, which has been custom in most countries. A Quinceanera is something that started many years ago when a Spanish conqueror brought the tradition to Mexico and other countries. Throughout most countries, parents don’t celebrate their daughter’s fifteenth birthday by having a Quinceanera; they celebrated daughter’s birthday differently from other countries. While in countries like Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central, and South America are the only ones who celebrate their daughter’s

In Spanish-speaking communities in the United States, girls do still have a Quinceanera, but it has to be altered in the way that it is done. There are many people that do not speak Spanish in the U.S., so there’s has to be a way to coordinate these people into the celebration, since mostly even have the English Language in common. Invitations for Quinceanera are made both in Spanish and In English. The invitations that are in English might read “Sweet 15” instead of a Quinceanera. Traditions that are done during the ceremony might not be done, they might be done before the ceremony. A young girl may chose to have a “Sweet 16” instead of the traditional Quinceanera. A “Sweet 16” is the coming of age party in the United

My Quinceanera. What is it? Why is it so important to me? A Quinceanera is special, not only to me but to other girls also, but why? Why is a big party so important to someone? That is the thing. People usually view it as a party only. In many cases the girl that is turning fifteen doesn’t even know the significance to it. It’s more than a party. If you view a Quinceanera from a different perspective it’s actually very meaningful and beautiful.

We burst out of the door, unveiling ourselves to the crowd outside. We felt like rock stars. Everyone had to get a few more pictures with other friends as they arrived and then we filed inside. The place was decorated from top to bottom, glittered stars hung from the ceiling, white Christmas lights twinkled all around, and glimmering gowns in every color made the entire venue sparkle. As a class, months earlier, we had chosen the theme, “I’ve had the time of my life”. The girls had pulled it from our favorite movie, “Dirty Dancing”, and I think the boys just went with it. We sat down for dinner where we were served our choice of meat, with rice or potatoes and a medley of veggies. Nobody ate much though, either because of nerves, vanity, or just plain desire to get to showing off our best moves, we wanted to boogie! After about an hour the tables were cleared off of the dance floor and it was time to the highly anticipated partying. The DJ played the hottest jams of 1999 and we danced the night away. Most of the girls were in their bare feet, unable to take the pain of high heels any longer as we busted our best moves.

This year I turned fifteen and I had a quinceñera. At my quinceñera I wore a big, long, blue silky but puff dress, I had my quinceñera at a salon because I have a big family. For my quinceñera the waiters served this warm barbacoa which is a type of meat that is not spicy but on the side it comes with a somewhat spicy sauce if you want it to be spicy. They served that with steaming rice and nice warm beans and crunchy chips also so warm but smooth tortillas. I saw everyone enjoying the nice warm food, the food was delicious. Once everyone was done eating I saw that the band came in with their drums, trumpets, and more. The band played loud music and people got up and started to dance as well as me. Once everyone was done it time was time for the father daughter dance. My dad and I started to dance to a slow song I saw everyone taking out their phones and started to record us, I began to cry tears of joy. Once that was done everyone started to dance again. While everyone was dancing I went to go cut my two layer rectangular cake, my cake flavor was a fluffy red velvet cake with blue fondant and white frosting for some swirl designs. I had a lot of fun at my quinceñera and I hope every Mexican follows the tradition of doing one because they'll have fun and you only turn fifteen

Later that day, the celebration continued with a party at Eagles Banquet Hall. As the festivities started, I was so happy about the night to come. My court of honor was introduced as they led me into the celebration. We started out the night by performing a traditional Quinceanera march. It was a choreographed routine that we practiced for five months leading up to that day. My father came out with tears in his eyes and softly removed my ballerina slippers from my feet and replaced them with a pair of woman’s heels. With tears in his eyes, he grasped and hugged me so tight it was as if he didn’t want to let me go. My father and I started to dance the traditional father daughter dance. As the song was coming to the end, my father whispered in my ear, “ You’re a beautiful young woman, but you will always be my baby girl.” At that moment, tears filled my eyes and I realized how much love my father had for me. I will always remember that moment for the rest of my life.

We got there just on time, I dashed to the front where a beautiful brick wall stood with a beautiful wooden door the looked older. I made sure they were ready and that I found Marshall a seat in the front row next to wear my parents should sit. A line full of malibu blue dresses and tuxes, we soon get out que. The parents walk in first then following along bridesmaid and groomsman, then I the Maid Of Honor and Brandon the Best Man. The song changes with the nerd theme and it starts playing, coming down the aisle here comes my sister and my dad dancing and being goofballs as everybody smiled and laughed as the kids blew bubbles. She made her way to the front and dad gave away her hand. The crowd stood in silence as the groom's uncle asked to pray with him, they closed their eyes and looked to the ground and held their hands to the front of them. “Thank you god for blessing me with this honor to marry these two young souls…” he began, and finished with a “Amen” as the crowd says