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Extravagant coming-of-age parties

In Al's Morning Meeting, Al Tompkins highlights the rising interest in teens to have extravagant coming-of-age parties, specificially the Hispanic culture's quincea�era. If you want to write an article about this trend, here are a few interesting points Tompkins makes in his column:

Some families are spending tons of money on the bash that marks the occasion.
In an article on Slate, a writer mentions the book Once Upon a Quincea�era by Julia Alvarez, who explores a phenomenon that now encompasses quince-themed cruises, quincea�era Web sites, and the inevitable quincea�era Barbie.
The girl's mother crowns her with a tiara, while the father gives the girl heeled shoes to replace the flats of childhood.
The girl enters the ceremony carrying her last doll of childhood. There is a religious ceremony, during which the girl is often accompanied by a court of 14 couples.

Find more information on other coming-of-age parties such as bat-mitzvahs, bar-mitzvahs, and sweet 16s.

--Kelli Polson

Posted at 4:46 PM Sep 10, 2007

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