Quinceaera Dresses By Abbie Strachan The History of
Quinceañera Dresses By Abbie Strachan
The History of Quinceañeras
Quinceañera was a tradition from the Azetecs, an ancient civilistion from Mexico. Girls at the age of fifteen were believed to be 'women' and so the fifteenth birthday was very important. Because of this, quinceañera was a very important, and very big, celebration.
Even today these celebrations are very big, elaborate, and very expensive. Months of planning goes into making sure that the day runs smoothly. Every detail is covered, even the choreography for the night is practised beforehand.
The Quinceañera Dress
The quinceañera dress is a very important part of the quinceañera tradition. In the past, the dress was traditionally white, to symbolise the purity of the girl. Nowdays the dresses come in all sorts of bright colours and elaborate designs.
The quinceañera has to have the stand-out dress and accessories of the night, so the dress is usually paired with a tiara or crown and some expensive jewellery.
Quinceañera Similarities Sweet 16 15 th Birthday Both big birthdays 16 th Birthday From the Aztecs Both now celebrated in American the USA Many choreographed dances in partucular sequence Very large and expensive party, sometimes the girl is given a trip to Europe instead because they cost about the same. Dancing is a large part of Father-daughter dance both celebrations Both can be very large Can be anything from a and expensive small party to a huge celebrations. formal one.
Bibliography • http: //users. polisci. wisc. edu/LA 260/quincean era. htm • http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Sweet_sixteen_( birthday) • http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Quincea%C 3%B 1 era
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