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Also known as Quinceanera, quinceanera

thumb|Mexican American girls at a quinceañera celebration in Santa Fe, New Mexico

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Quinceañeras
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bat mitzvah
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19 sections
Contents
  • Origin
  • History
  • Methods of celebration
  • In specific countries
  • Cuba
  • Colombia
  • French Guiana and French Caribbean
  • Mexico
  • Spain
  • United States
  • Argentina
  • New traditions
  • Celebrities who had {{lang|es|quinceañeras}}
  • In popular culture
  • Adult {{lang|es|quinceañeras}}
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

thumb|Mexican American girls at a quinceañera celebration in Santa Fe, New Mexico

In Latin American cultures, it is customary to celebrate a girl's 15th birthday. In Spanish, the girl celebrating her 15th birthday is called a ; in English, primarily in the United States, quinceañera is used to refer to the celebrations and honors surrounding the special occasion. The Spanish names for the celebration can be literally translated to English as the 'celebration of the 15-year-old' (, ), '15 years' (, ) or just '15' ().

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “quinceañera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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