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A Quinceañera In Hispanic Culture
It's tradition to have a quinceañera when a girl turns fifteen in the Hispanic culture. The reason for that is to celebrate the coming of womanhood and maturity. Well it's beem like that over a long period of time, and even though that tradition is still happening today, the purpose of that tradition has pretty much faded.
Now a days the only reason to have a quinceañera is to throw a big party, have the biggest and prettiest dress, and to dance all night. I in that case had a quinceañera for that purpose too.
It all took place in August of 2010 the 27th to be exact. I had dreamt of having a quinceañera pretty much my whole life. At first it was just so I could wear a big dress and feel like a princess for a whole day, so once I turned fourteen

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