Paper 3
Could you imagine having a wedding at the age of fifteen? The purpose of a Quinceanera is to celebrate a girl’s fifteenth birthday to mark her passage to womanhood. Like a wedding, Quinceaneras are a long process, and this process takes a financial and emotional toll. A Quinceanera ceremony is very costly for an event that is only a couple of hours long, and it can cause emotional damage if the ceremony does not go as planned. Although they are a popular Hispanic tradition, Quinceaneras should not continue because of the emotional damage and the unnecessary expense that they can cause.
Although a Quinceanera is a popular celebration for Latinos, it
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is a terrible waste of money. According to the website, Marketplace, Quinceaneras can cost between $13,000-$15,000 for a party with only 100 guests. This price can vary depending on your number of guests, the venue, food and beverages served, and extra event features. For example, one of the least costly Quinceaneras starts at $5,000 and can go up to $8,000. This party includes a formal dinner, photos, a DJ, a candy bar, an event hall, decorations, a fancy cake, and the Quinceanera’s dress. People can choose the package that best suits their financial status, but no matter what level of a celebration they choose it would be a grand expense. Besides the fact that Quinceaneras are costly, the preparation process is even worse.
It takes about six months or a year to make sure that there is enough time to take care of all the social and budgetary logistics. Hispanic families worry about how much money they are going to need, and how they are going to get it. That is when low-income people start to borrow money and spend it on preparations such as booking the event hall and buying the expensive Quinceanera dress. During this time, the unforeseen accidents or illnesses can occur causing an even greater expense. Due to the already accumulating Quinceanera expenses, the family is short of money and that causes them to borrow extra money. It's not worth all those financial problems for just a party. According to Louis Barajas, a Quinceanera is not so important when all that money can be invested in a car, college education, and even a down payment for a house. There are girls that prefer spending that money in a travel or their first car instead of having a Quinceanera, which is a better …show more content…
choice. In addition, Quinceaneras can cause emotional damage.
Sometimes, a Quinceanera does not go as planned. The girl’s party expectation can turn to disappointment. A few days before the event begins, the family feels pressured to have everything ready. When something goes wrong, the family and the birthday girl get stressed. In a different situation, some girls are not able to have a Quinceanera because of the poverty. That causes them to become depressed. Is it worth all that stress and depression for just one party? And if that was not enough, Quinceaneras are the targets of criticism and bullying. According to Priscila Hernandez, there are many videos on the internet about Quinceaneras’ mistakes, failed parties, and accidents. These published videos have the purpose of ridiculing the Quinceanera, which causes emotional damage in the girl and her
family. This Hispanic tradition should not continue, because of the financial burden and its emotional effects. This type of tradition should not be more important than the economic and emotional welfare of a person. Even knowing all sorts of problems that it can cause, people still prefer to carry out this celebration. Although this is an important tradition for Hispanic families, they need to pause and examine the negative impact. Before planning a Quinceanera, people should be realistic about their financial means and decide if the celebration is worth the potential monetary lost.
I shouldn’t have a quinceanera , what’s so important you turning fifteen having a huge party having a big dress , food , make-up , and hair done . every one turn fifteen and some people don’t make a huge party and go all out just for you turning a age , it’s not a big deal turning fifteen you still a teen you're not an adult yet , your still a kid.
Lots of people have received gift that is not particularly favored. Those people know exactly how Ana and Dori feel. Ana is a character in Erin Fanning’s “The Quinceanera Text”. Dori is a character in Rachel Vail’s story “Good Enough”. Both of these characters received disappointing gifts, but later the girls realized how much these present represent the love the families show towards the young ladies. “Good Enough and “The Quinceanera Text” have similarities and differences such as author's tone and types of characters.
In “Once Upon a Quinceanera” Julia Alvarez follows the Hispanic coming of age tradition for females to explore how evolution of culture has shifted throughout generations. By doing this Alvarez discovers perceptions are influenced by cross cultural boundaries. In “Leave Your Name at the Border” Manuel Munoz, discusses the barriers between Mexicans and Americans when it comes to language and how it affects future generations. He does this by acknowledging socially expected norms for Mexican Americans in public and the tensions created when assimilating to such norms between a non-dominant and dominant group. In “What’s Black, Then White, and Said All Over,” Leslie Savan discusses how black talk and pop talk is connected because white people
The Quinceañera is a celebration in Latin America that is very comparable to our Sweet 16 celebration, also know as the fiesta de quince años. The origination of the word comes from the feminine term of fifteen-year-old in Spanish. The overall celebration marks the transition from childhood to becoming a young woman. In earlier times this celebration was meant to be a teaching point for young women to learn how to cook, weave, and the art of becoming a mother. Depending on the family specifically, some can carry a religious tone, and some can be more traditional and casual.
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A Quinceanera is a special moment for all girls of the hispanic culture so planning is an essential part. First step is alway secure how much funds is available for the party because going over the budget could result in debt. Next is brainstorming the ideas you have for your future, soon to be,
Ever since I was young I wanted to have a Quinceanera. I always wanted to wear a long and fluffy dress and a shiny crown on my head. I always saw many girls on t.v or family members have their own Quinceanera, so I decided that I wanted to have mine as well. Quinceanera are family traditions, in Mexico it’s when a young girl is about to become fifteen years old they have a Quinceanera, which represents that you are turning into a young woman.
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It’s been said that the quinceaera tradition was supposedly adopted, when the Spanish took over America. Once the tradition was adopted, they put a Catholic Church in to replace the Aztec Temple. As we all know, this event is celebrated all across Latin America, the Caribbean, and is becoming increasingly popular in the United States, too. Like I said, this Hispanic tradition has taken root in the United States, and many Non-Latinos compare a quinceaera to either a sweet sixteen or a debutante ball.... ...
Do I even want to have a sweet sixteen? I’ve never seen myself as the quintessential “princess”, in a flowing dress and mile high tiara. I could just wait until my eighteenth, then I’d be considered an adult, at least in American society. Do I even want a Quinceanera? It revolves around the church so much it’s practically the sun and the earth. Besides, could I even have a Quinceanera? My family would have to travel all the way to Mexico.
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The second family that I interviewed was the Lyles family. Both Bro. Scotty, the father, and Mrs. Yolanda, the mother, participated in the interview and three of their children were in the room. Bro. Scotty was born and raised in Alba, Texas on the very same tree farm that he owns and operates today; he is also a deacon at our church. However, Mrs. Yolanda was born and raised in Guatemala. As a child she was raised Catholic, and is part of a large and growing family. She is one of eight children. Their family as well as anybody else in that culture celebrated their daughter’s 15th birthday with a Quinceañera which marked the transition from childhood to young womanhood. This was traditionally the first time the girls would wear make-up, nice
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