Mexican Culture; Quinceanera Rites of Passage

Students Name Professors Name Course Code and Name Date Mexican Culture; Quinceanera Rites of Passage 1 The quinceanera rite of passage is performed when a Latina girl turns fifteen years as a way of marking her transition into womanhood. It is a family and community celebration whereby; the girl handles fifteen candles to the people that she considers most important in her life. She, in turn, makes a speech to address each of the people that she has given the candle. It also involves a lot of dancing, and at the end, the female relatives pick ribbons from a bunch which has charms, and one of them has a ring. It is symbolic of womanhood because the birthday is celebrated differently (González-Martin 2016). 2 I went through the ritual, and it is fascinating how much praise you get for having turned into a woman. Every attention was directed to me, and I felt a s...