The Quinceañera
The Quinceañera in the Mexican culture, is a celebration of a young lady in their society turning fifteen years old. It is not celebrated in a conventional backyard party structure, but into a towering party usually booked in an event hall were around 200 to 300 family and friends are invited. The reason I choose to write about the quinceañera is because to a girl that is celebrated, it is an extremely special and memorable day. In our Mexican culture, a quinceañera in past times used to mean that a woman is ready to be wed, however in current times it signifies that a girl is transitioning from a girl to a woman. In the day of the event, there is a usually a religious ceremony that officiates the girl in her passing to becoming a lady of the
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The day was off to a great start, the stylist left my hair and makeup just the way I had imagined. Once we arrived at the event hall we began to eat and the food was absolutely delicious. The night was going great at first, I was extremely pleased to welcome all of the arriving guests and thank them for taking time out of their day to be at my fifteen. However, it was a constant thing were I had to welcome just about every guest which kept me busy. Soon enough, they had me busy taking pictures with the people that wanted pictures as memories. Eventually, I broke away and was able to dance with various people, some I did not even know. It was time for presentation time were the speaker presents the quinceañera, and during that time I had to dance with my father the dance of the ultima muñeca. In this dance my father gives me my last doll because I am not a young girl anymore but a lady now, that is why it is called la ultima muñeca. That moment was a very special and memorable one where I cried of joy and happiness. This day was absolutely beautiful however, it was not what I expected. People kept me busy the whole night and I did not have a lot of time to dance or be with my friends, there was even a fight close to the end of the night because of drunk people. I did not enjoy it as much as I thought I would have because I was running around all over the place instead of really enjoying my
The day was off to a great start, the stylist left my hair and makeup just the way I had imagined. Once we arrived at the event hall we began to eat and the food was absolutely delicious. The night was going great at first, I was extremely pleased to welcome all of the arriving guests and thank them for taking time out of their day to be at my fifteen. However, it was a constant thing were I had to welcome just about every guest which kept me busy. Soon enough, they had me busy taking pictures with the people that wanted pictures as memories. Eventually, I broke away and was able to dance with various people, some I did not even know. It was time for presentation time were the speaker presents the quinceañera, and during that time I had to dance with my father the dance of the ultima muñeca. In this dance my father gives me my last doll because I am not a young girl anymore but a lady now, that is why it is called la ultima muñeca. That moment was a very special and memorable one where I cried of joy and happiness. This day was absolutely beautiful however, it was not what I expected. People kept me busy the whole night and I did not have a lot of time to dance or be with my friends, there was even a fight close to the end of the night because of drunk people. I did not enjoy it as much as I thought I would have because I was running around all over the place instead of really enjoying my