Showing posts with label 15th Birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 15th Birthday. Show all posts
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Impressions of Coyoacan
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Quinceañera
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Quinceañera (lit. meaning One (f.) who is fifteen),
sometimes called Fiesta de Quinceañera, or simply quince, is the
celebration of a girl's
fifteenth birthday in parts of Latin America and
elsewhere in communities of immigrants from Latin America. This birthday is
celebrated differently from any other birthday, as it marks the transition from
childhood to young womanhood.
In Mexico, the birthday girl is fixed up with fancy makeup. Traditionally,
this was the first time she would wear makeup, but more recently this is no
longer the case. She also has her nails and hair done especially for this
occasion and dresses up with a fancy dress that she had chosen in advance.
In the Mexican tradition - and if the teenager is Catholic - the quinceañera
festival begins with a Thanksgiving mass. For this mass, the
teenager wears a formal dress, usually quite creative in fashion and reminiscent
of what a western bride or princess would wear. Traditionally, the quinceañera
would wear a pink dress to symbolize her purity; however, in recent decades,
white has become the color of choice to symbolize this treasured quality.
She arrives at the celebration accompanied by her parents, godparents,
damas, and chamberlains. She is also awarded a tiara as a reminder that
to her loved ones, especially her immediate family, she will always be a
princess. [Wiki]
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
15th Birthday or Give me some wheels
by Dale Hoyt Palfrey
The transition from childhood to womanhood is a significant passage for
adolescent girls in almost all cultures. In Mexico, it is marked with the
celebration of the Quinceañera, or 15th Birthday. From a north of the border
viewpoint, it may be seen as a cross between Sweet Sixteen and a
debutante's coming out party. The celebration is a way to acknowledge that
a young woman has reached sexual maturity and is thus of a marriageable
age.
The most important component of the celebration is invariably a Misa de
acción de gracias (thanksgiving Mass). The birthday girl arrives decked out
in a fancy full-length dress - frills, pastel tones and matching hats or
headdresses prevail. Flanked by her parents and padrinos (godparents),
she is specially seated at the foot of the altar throughout the service.
She may be accompanied by up to seven damas (maids of honor) and as many
chambelanes (chamberlains), selected from among close family and friends.
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