get together to celebrate the rite of passage of an individual on their birthday or at most times a day within their birth month. This celebration is known as a quinceanera. As stated in Guest’s book, the rite of passage is “a category of ritual that enacts a change of status from one life stage to another…” (Guest, 370). In a quinceanera, the teenage girl becomes a woman once she turns fifteen. She is now expected to withhold responsibilities. All Latin countries, like Mexico, Ecuador, Cuba, and…
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