Well, this weekend I went to a friend's quinceanera (15th birthday) party. The quinceanera is sort of like a Latina Sweet Sixteen, except that there's a little bit more to it. There's this really beautiful prayer ceremony at the beginning, where the girl receives a series of special blessings as she becomes a young woman. They also give her a few traditional gifts - an adult Bible, a purity ring (which she is to wear until it is replaced by a wedding band), her first pair of high heels, and a couple other things. Anyway, it was really awesome. Evidently, it's also traditional for her to dance with her father, and then with all the guys in her family. We almost cried when she did the little dance with her dad, but watching her dance with her brothers was hilarious - two of them are around seven or eight, and they were sooo cute! (besides, she has a habit of making everything hilarious!)

My parents liked it so much that they want to do something similar for my eighteenth birthday next year. It would be fun, but it looks like a lot of work to put together.




(Actually, it's a wolf pack, and there's only one...)



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