The Garcia Collection, no. 2 - Quinceañera Celebration (1989)
Video:Date:
1989
Creator:
Michelle Ontiveros
Archive/Collection:
Texas Archive Of The Moving Image, The Garcia Collection
Source URL:
http://texasarchive.org/library/index.php/The_Garcia_Collection,_no._2_-_Quincea%C3%B1era_Celebration_(1989)"
Description:
This home movie from El Paso captures scenes of a Quinceañera, her court, and her family taking part in the celebration's ceremony and reception. A quinceañera, also called a fiesta de quince años, is the celebration of a girl's 15th birthday in Mexican and other Latin-American cultures. This birthday marks the girl's transition from childhood to womanhood and is celebrated with a Catholic ceremony and large reception where the girl wears a formal gown, takes mass, performs a traditional waltz, and toasts champagne with her family and friends. Tags:
backyard, Catholic, ceremony, Chambelán de honor, chambelanes, Damas, dance, dancing, El-Paso, El-Paso-County, Español, family, Fiesta de quince años, godparents, home movie, home movies, mariachi, Mexican American, party, photograph, photographer, photographs, priest, Quinceañera, Spanish, TFC, waltz
Location(s):
el Paso TX
Sound/Silent:
Sound
Archive:
Texas Archive of the Moving Image
Archive contact:
512-485-3073, Info@texasarchive.org