- Quinceanera Boutique
Offers gifts and accessories for Quinceaneras celebrations, also known as Quinceanero parties, as well as information on the traditions involved.
www.quinceanera-boutique.com
- La Quiceanera: An Hispanic Celebration of Budding Womanhood
Discusses the Quinceanera, a tradition celebrated by many Mexican girls on their 15th birthdays. Written by free-lance writer Dale Hoyt Palfrey and reproduced by Mexico Connect.
www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/dpalfrey/dpquince.html
- Voices: Quinceanera! A Celebration of Latina Womanhood
Interview with New York Quinceanera dressmaker and planner, Francisca "Panchita" Davila, on the traditions involved with a Quinceanos. On Air column published in 2002.
www.nyfolklore.org/pubs/voic28-3-4/onair.html
- About.com: Celebration of the Quinceanera
Article detailing the events leading up to, during, and after a Quinceanera. Includes the traditional, ceremonial gifts offered to a young woman celebrating her rite of passage.
gomexico.about.com/cs/culture/a/quinceanera.htm
- What is a Quinceañera?
Brief introduction to the meaning of the Quinceanera, a coming of age ceremony held by many young women of Latin origin. From students at Chaffey High School in Ontario, California.
www.chaffey.org/students/tigerrag/1998-09/quince.html
- QuinceaneraInfo.com
Offers recommendations for planning a Quinceanera as well as information about the traditions of the celebration.
www.quinceanerainfo.com
- Wikipedia: Quinceañera
Overview of the Quinceanera ceremony (also known as Quinceanos), the Latin equivalent of the Sweet Sixteen. Touches on the Cuban Quinceanera celebration.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinceañera
- Ana's Quinceañera
Personal page of Ana Maria Serrato of Orange County, California dedicated to Quinceaneras. Contains a history of the ceremony, interviews, and a traditional Quinceanera song.
latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/research/folklore/quinceaneras
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