Sunday, June 3, 2012

QUINCEAÑERAS

By Laura Antolin Antolin

The quinceañeras are a group of girls that have the same age (fifteen years old) are called in this way because this age for the Mexican people is very important.

The tradition in Mexico is that the people said that the girl who has 15 years old is a change from girl to woman. As we know the girl has different changes in his body for example emotional, physical, physiological this changes convert the girl in a new person.

The dream of all the mexican girls is to have a wonderful quinceañera´s party, they usually start to find for things that they could use in the party. There are a lot of things that the she have to prepare for the party. The most important are the dress, mass, change of slippers, the waltz and the traditional cake.

The color of the dress it will be depend of the likes of the girl the most popular colors are pink, blue, and red, they usually going to the center of Mexico to the mall called “Lagunilla” to buy the dresses. For the mass the  family, friends and chamberlains (between 6 boys that accompanying the girl in this celebration)cof the quinceañera go to the church , when the mass finish the quinceañera and his guests go to the reception and then the parents of the girl give a food for all the guests. The food that give in this kind of party are carnitas, rice, chicken with chocolate sauces and for to drink the people usually drink soda and tequila. In the evening the quinceañera dance his waltz with her 6 chamberlains, the principal music that the woman dance is romantic and the other it depends of the likes of the quinceañera, it could be music pop, reggaeton, etc.

During the waltz exist a change of slippers that is important too because is the signal that now the girl is a woman. The pastel is other thing that can´t miss , is amazing that in some parties the pastel is for 15 floors that represent the age of the quinceañera .In this kind of party is common to see a lot of teenagers enjoy with the celebrated.

The quinceaños in Mexico is the most important dream of the girls because they wish to have a great party in this age. The special of this kind of party is that every mexican give a different style for the celebration.

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