Now a days many Hispanic girls are not having Quinceanera's and I do not understand why. Many of their parents ask and the girls constantly say "no." Well I have some reasons why you should.
1. It's a tradition.
I know when you're fifteen, traditions are not important to you. But as you get older they will start to be. You see that the simplest traditions soon become something important, especially as you get older and start your own family.
2. You get to wear a beautiful dress.
Personally, I did the traditional color white, but many girls do different colors such at pink, purple, blue, and even some with different patterns. You are literally dressed as a princess, and you even feel like one. It's one night you are dressed and treated like the princess you truly are.
3. You get a Father-Daughter Dance.
It's a very emotional part of the night, mainly for the fathers. He gets to dance and show off the young lady he raised. It's a moment you will both remember forever. It's one of the last dances he gets to have with you until the day he dances with you on your wedding day, the day he officially has to say goodbye to you being his little girl.
4. A party is dedicated to celebrating you.
Your quinceanera is a night completely dedicated to celebrating you. You no longer being a little girl. You get your "first pair" of heels, your parents put on you. You do the "vals", meaning the traditional dance you make as finally being a young lady, and no longer being a little girl. You get your last doll. It's a lot of traditions as I mentioned before, but the main part is celebrating you and showing you into the next chapter of your life. You are no longer a little girl, you are a young lady.
5. Memories.
I did mine the traditional way. For the "vals" there was a total of 15 guys on my court and 14 girls (not including myself) on the court. We learned the dance and had practices. We had days where all the guys and I went and picked out their tuxes and another day where all the girls had to go pick out their dresses. We had to make invitations. We also had to plan the food, music, decorations, photographer and venue, and to be honest it was stressful. Yet, as stressful as it was to plan it, celebrating my quinceanera in a traditional way was one of the best decisions I've ever made. That night was one of the absolute best nights of my life, and one I will never forget.
I am truly thankful for my parents being able to bless me with a quinceanera, and I truly encourage any girls who are debating on whether they should have one or not. To end the debate... just do it. If I have a daughter, she will definitely have one. I don't want her to miss out on any of the experiences, and later regret not having one. Do it, don't be a "what if I had?" person.
