The Quinceanera is a traditional Latin American celebration of a girl's fifteenth birthday.The religious practice is symbolic of a young girl's transition into womanhood. The frequencyof the ritual in America is decreasing more and more every year. The majority of thecelebrations now are held for first and second generations of immigrants, but rarely for the third.Before long, the fiesta will only be conducted for first generation immigran ...view middle of the document...
They need to understand that they are not only preserving a tradition, but they are alsopreserving an aspect of their religion and heritage.Astonishingly, the amount of research that has been done on this topic is minimal. Themajority of the articles and books that I found were written in Spanish, which made themirrelevant to me. This particular subject is going to be difficult to research for this reason.Therefore, I plan to begin by researching Latin American culture on a broad level and thegradually narrowing the topic to la quinceanera. This will involve a large amount of reading butresults will include aspects of the ritual that other articles do not.Hopefully, the result of my research will be to create a better understanding of the ritualand its origins. Also, I would like to prove that the ritual promotes religion and heritage in theLatin American youth that is imperative in preserving their culture. If this ceremony, along withseveral others, continues to regress at the same rate that it is now, Latin Americans will soonbecome part of the American melting pot. Hence, no longer being recognized as "LatinAmerica" and only as American citizens.
