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QuinceaeraThe Quinceaera 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 "cumpleaera" for "birthday girl"). The closest equivalent to the Quinceaera in the English-speaking world is the Sweet Sixteen. The celebration begins with a Thanksgiving Mass, in which the quinceaera arrives in formal dress, accompanied by her parents, godparents (padrinos), seven maids of honor and seven chamberlains. After the Mass, the younger sisters, female cousins and friends of the quinceaera pass out party favors, and the quinceaera leaves her bouquet in an altar to the Virgin Mary. The Mass is followed by a party at either the quinceaera's home or in a banquet hall leased for the occasion. At the party, the quinceaera dances a special dance with her father and male relatives, then her boyfriend, or male friend dances the remaining part of the dance with the birthday girl.
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