Quinceanera

Finally! We went to our first quinceanera ever - a Fiesta Rosa - a traditional coming of age celebration in the Hispanic culture. A friend's daughter turned 15 and we all gathered to celebrate - in a very traditional way. There was a thanksgiving mass - a Misa de acción de gracias, a Mexican priest, a court of girls (damas) dressed in burgundy, a very large birthday cake with bridges , lots of young boys (chamberlains) who had learned to waltz, and really good tequila! According to the formal rule,
Mexican girls cannot dance in a public event before their 15th birthday - so at the Quinceanera there is a traditional dance followed by a "surprise" dance which is usually a lively popular Latin dance. We danced till our feet hurt. ¡Gracias a la familia del Villanueva!