| Summary: | The quinceañera is a Catholic ritual conducted in several Latin-American countries, such as Mexico. This ritual is believed to 'traditionally' represent the transition of a girl from girlhood to womanhood at the age of fifteen. Recent literature on transitions to adulthood (both manhood and womanhood) however states that there is a change in that there is now an in between period in which a girl is neither a girl nor yet a woman. This is conflicting with the 'traditional meaning' of the quinceañera. The celebration is still very much present in Mexican, especially rural, society, with much money being invested in the ceremony and celebration. This film explores the quinceañera celebration in the rural village of Cuyoaco, Mexico. It shows how the quinceañera is not (longer) representing the direct transition into womanhood. Other interpretations and functions are identified and the 'traditional meaning' itself questioned.
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