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Listen: The World ProgramFifteen year old Cuban American girl in her Fiesta de Quince dress - Miami, Florida.
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"Little Havana" : Folklife in Miami Slide/Tape Program
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Accompanying note: "The Fiesta de Quince' is an ethnic celebration of great importance to the Cuban community. Folklorists call such events 'rites of passage.' Birth, puberty, marriage and death universally have ritual and ceremony attached to their passage, hence the name. Fiesta de Quince' is the Cuban equivalent for girls of the debut or the Bat Mitzvah in Jewish culture. Every culture celebrates or attends these momentous occasions in life in different ways."
"Fiesta de Quince' is a traditional celebration to honor a young girl on her fifteenth birthday. This celebration is a debut into society. The Quince' has now become very popular in Miami as it has been for generations in Cuba. This and other 'rites of passage' provide continuity and cohesiveness to the Cuban community."
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