What are quinceaneras?

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It's a celebration of a Hispanic girls 15th birthday. The celebration recognizes the girls sexual maturity and reaffirms her religious faith, good morals and the virtues of traditional family values.

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The Quinceañera is a young Latina woman's celebration of her fifteenth birthday, which is celebrated in a specific and different way from her other birthdays. The word is also used to refer to the young woman whose 15th birthday is being celebrated (analogous to the word "cumpleañera" for "birthday girl"). The closest equivalents to the Quinceañera in the English-speaking world is the Sweet Sixteen or in more affluent communities, a debutante ball at the age of eighteen.

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