Both celebrations recognize the coming of age and have some similarities, but they have different traditions. In countries of Latin America, they call the celebration of when a girl reaches the age of maturity, a Quinceañera. ... Traditions for Sweet Sixteens vary because there are many different ethnic backgrounds. However, they run around the same lines. However, Quinceañeras are what girls in Latin and South America dream of. When I asked Camila Hernandez when she started to dream of her Quinceañera, she said that she started to dream of her perfect party when she was thirteen.
Over the years, both celebrations have lost their ethnicity because society no longer thinks it is appropriate to wed at the age of fifteen and sixteen. Also, today, girls see this as a right, not an opportunity. In reality, so many girls who have Sweet Sixteens forget what this festivity symbolizes… the coming of age, when a girl is now considered a woman. For example, the show, “Sweet Sixteen” is basically about girls getting everything they want and having a huge party. However, to say the least, North America and other parts of the world felt that they needed another celebration for the “coming of age”. In Latin American countries it acknowledges your fifteenth birthday. Also in most Latin countries, at fifteen you can get your license. That is in part, some of the reason why in North America, they have Sweet Sixteens.
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mag.amazing-kids.org
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