Quinceanera : Becoming a Women

                    Quinceanera : Becoming a women

Introduction :

1 .    How many of you guys remember when you were little kids and there would be all sorts of things . Yet  couldn't  do anything about it for instance, you tried to fit into an adult conversation where the only words said to you were : don't but in, this is none of your business , go play with your cousins etc.. Who remembers when this stopped being the case. When your opinions mattered. This transition is very important to all of us. That transition is called the coming of age . If  you’re a girl and Hispanic at the age  of 15 you’re considered as “ a young adult”.   It’s rare  when you see a little girl wearing heels. You usually see young ladies and  older women  wearing them .  Heels play the role  of  representing a level of maturity.

ll.          I’m Hispanic and of course like any other girl, for my 15th birthday I had a Quinceanera.  Quinceanera’s usually all come in  surprises  but that’s a whole different story. Hispanics also have sweet sixteens but believe me when I say  “ Quinceanera’ s symbolize a much more important factor  “ . The reason as to why it’s an important factor from a young woman's perspective  is because they’re representing  to the world as a  growing young adult  , from being  a child to lady like.

B1 .    Mainly all Quinceaneras begin with a religious ceremony.  Just like first communions are holly Quinceaneras are to.  In other words this represents that the parents are presenting their   “ little   girl “  to God and blessing her . A getting is taken either at home or at a   banquet hall.

ll.       Quinceaneras are celebrated with food, music, dances, and the most important part is  the  surprise dance. The surprise dance is performed by the Quinceanera,   in which is  accompanied by the chambelan performance.

lll.     There  are different types of  traditions that  play the Quinceanera role but one of the most common is the change of shoes to heels . The padrino of honor is who does the change of shoes . Most of the time the father does the  shoe to heel arrangement . With this done , it symbolizes that at that moment the  little girl has became a young adult. Once the young lady has her high heels on she takes the dance with her father indicating presentence of a young women.

lV.     I’m someone who went through the 15 process. While I was at the ceremony I started to  tearing up it just has such a great yet so emotional but unexplainable feeling to it. Seeing my parents arrive to the ceremony made tear up even more.  

                                                     Conclusion -

l .       Personally,