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Quinceanera | Latinas coming-of-age with bling
QUINCEANERA is an elaborate coming-of-age ritual for Latino girls on their 15th birthday. A blend of European court traditions and ceremonies from Latin American countries, the Quinceanera is said to have the feel of an "out-of-control prom" in the United States. A $400 million-a-year industry has sprouted up in the US, catering to Latino immigrants seeking to maintain cultural traditions.
In Mexico and other Latin American countries, the Quinceanera once signaled that a girl was officially on the marriage market. The downside to that legacy: The Quinceanera Mass is sometimes seen as sexual coming-of-age moment.
Although teen pregnancy rates have generally been in decline across ethnic lines over the last 15 years, 51% of Hispanic teens get pregnant before age 20, according to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.
More: Full Article @ Girls-to-women elaborate celebrations | 2006 film Quinceanera @ www.sonyclassics.com/quinceanera: Winner of the 2006 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award
The ritual is a point of tension with the Catholic church, yet last summer the Vatican approved a new set of prayers for U.S. dioceses called Bendición al cumplir quince años (Order for the Blessing on the 15th Birthday). Latinos account for nearly 40% of the nation's 65 million Catholics and 71% of new U.S. Catholics since 1960, studies show.
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Posted by TamikoJanuary 18, 2008 at 12:27 AM
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