Our Neighbors, Maria and Luis, invited Ed and I to their daughter, Jocabed's Quinceañera. What a lovely event and celebration. Ed and I couldn't help thinking"oh my... and you have to also pay for a wedding in a few years?". The quinceañera was just about as elaborate (and expensive) for them as a wedding would be. I will never look at a Mexican parent with more than one daughter the same again!
Jocabed and her court
Jocabed with her parents
The grand entrance under an arch of roses
Her blessing
Certainly would be a difficult job for a shy girl, poor Jocabed had to stand in front of everyone for a good 20 mins being serenaded.
A beautiful and elaborate cake, including lit fountain beneath.
Jocabed is given her "last doll" and similarly to a bride tossing her bouquet, she tosses the doll over her shoulder to the children.
In this tradition, Jocabed gathers the balloons from the boys in her court and then they proceed to pop all her balloons. I searched far and wide to see if I could read about this, but could find nothing. So I am going to leave it to the mind of the reader as to what this symbolizes.
Jocabed handing sweets out to all the small children.
