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Throughout history, most young girls have a Quinceanera which is a special occasion and traditional celebration of a young girl turning fifteen on her birthday and making a transition from child to adult. Reached maturity and eligibility for marriage, which has been custom in most countries. A Quinceanera is something that started many years ago when a Spanish conqueror brought the tradition to Mexico and other countries. Throughout most countries, parents don’t celebrate their daughter’s fifteenth birthday by having a Quinceanera; they celebrated daughter’s birthday differently from other countries. While in countries like Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central, and South America are the only ones who celebrate their daughter’s fifth teen birthday by having a quinceanera for them, which prepare them for womanhood in the further.
I remember the very first time when I attend to a quinceanera was when I was ten years old, and my uncle and aunt decided to celebrate my cousin Christina fifteen birthday by having a quinceanera for her. After two month of planning, my cousin Christina was getting ready to walk the hall to celebrate her fifteenth birthdays by having quinceanera. I decided go ask my cousin Christina one question, “What are certain steps a girl must go through before having quinceanera” She said that there are certain steps that a girl must go through before having a quinceanera. For instance, they need a court of honor and a theme, waltz and accessories for sweet fifteen, ceremony, dresses.
She started to explain that first step in having a court of honor is that she needs to find out what special people participate in what is called the court of honor. Usually, she selects her closest friends, and her brothers, sisters, cousins that are special people in her life with whom she wants to share the spotlight in her Quinceanera. And the second step in having a theme is that, in most quinceanera, it is traditional for girls to have a theme in

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