For many Latinas, their 15th birthday marks the important coming-of-age milestone of the quinceañera. The traditions and festivities of the celebration were relived by University of Iowa students and ...
Like many traditions, the Quinceañera is changing with each generation. Thursday, the Multicultural Coalition hosted a Lunch and Learn program to explain what the quinceañera ceremony is all about.
Each family brings its own interpretation to these celebrations, but many quinceañera parties are very similar. The following are some of the common traditions associated with the quinceañera: The ...
Quinceañeras are a typical "coming of age" celebration in Latin culture. They are parties when a girl turns 15, which in Latinx culture means her transition from childhood to womanhood. Although I ...
In the heart of rural North Dakota, far from any city lights or melding of cultures, our family recently attended our first quinceañera, a Latin American tradition for girls celebrating their 15th ...
Francis Gortaire Valencia, 30, center, gives candles to her friends who have been by her side. She came from Ecuador when she was 11. Her parents didn’t have the money to throw her the elaborate ...
When Lakeland resident Jessie Del Castillo, 41, stumbled upon her old quinceanera dress shortly before her daughter's 15th birthday, she was hit with a flood of unexpected emotions. "I still didn't ...
What made Yolanda's party memorable was the fact it was the traditional Hispanic Quinceanera - a celebration that took parents Maria and Gilbert Ramirez months to arrange. A Quinceanera is similar to ...
LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, February 26, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Sundays are for family gatherings, and what better way to come together than by spending an ...
There’s one quince look ingrained in my mind from 2006. Both twee and emo were in vogue, as my deep side-part bangs could attest, and I went to a friend’s quince wearing a mini bubble white-and-red ...