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| Quinceañera, Central Park, Antigua, Guatemala. April 2016. |
In Salt Lake City, you can hang out on Temple Square and watch brides and grooms go in and come out of the temple for their "sealing."
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| Quinceañera, Central Park, Antigua, Guatemala. April 2016. |
In Caucasus Georgia, you frequently come across couples just before, in the midst of, or immediately following their wedding ceremonies.
Ditto for Istanbul and Playa del Carmen.
In Antigua, Guatemala, I see quinceañeras, 15-year old girls being debuted to the world as making the transition from girlhood to womanhood. Antigua parks are good photographic backdrops for creating memories of a sweet rite of passage.
Below is a picture from my year in Alamogordo, New Mexico, of a store that carries the accoutrement for quinceañeras.
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| Quinceañeras and bridal store, New York Avenue, Alamogordo, New Mexico. October 2012. |
Quinceañeras are big business in the Americas and the Caribbean. There are Quinceañeras Expos and all of the ancillary business folk who thrive on the tradition.
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| Quinceañera, Central Park, Antigua, Guatemala. April 2016. |
Notice the girl's pink tennis shoes? My understanding is that she would wear these before the party, but at a certain point, change into heels to signify her passage from childhood into womanhood.
Discussions of quinceañeras:
On this same day, I encountered a future quinceañera, celebrating her First Communion:
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| First Communion, La Merced, Antigua, Guatemala. April 2016. |
I'm guessing that's her kid brother next to her. I bet he gets annoying sometimes. If no one were looking, I wonder if she'd pop him over the head with the holy candle. Maybe when they got home.
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