Internet Research:  La Quinceañera

La Historia

La Quinceañera is full of special traditions.   For this assignment you will present a sampling of these traditions.

Using the internet, please explore the following web sites:

http://www.hispaniconline.com/magazine/1999/nov/FromTheEditor/sweet.html

http://www.imdiversity.com/villages/hispanic/Article_Detail.asp?Article_ID=726

http://www.cincodemayo.net/quinceanera/english/

http://clnet.ucr.edu/research/folklore/quinceaneras/

Your portion of the PowerPoint presentation must describe the following important traditions of La Quinceañera.  Please include graphics to aid your presentation.

1.      origin of the quinceanera

2.      at least 2 unique traditions

3.      las damas

4.      las chambelanes

5.      el vals

The above information must also be submitted to the teacher in essay form.