Mass fiesta for Mexico City’s young women
Young women celebrated in rite of passage festival which hopes to keep them off streets.
Published On 30 Apr 2012
In Latin American culture, families celebrate a girl’s fifteenth birthday with a fiesta called a Quinceñer.
With starting costs for the festival at about $4,000, it is a pricey affair – but a sacrifice that parents hope will help to keep their kids away from social ills.
Helping parents, the Mexico City government on Saturday held a giant rite of passage Quinceñer fiesta for hundreds of the young women, instead.
Al Jazeera’s Franc Contreras reports from Mexico City.
Source: Al Jazeera