quinceanera

quinceanera
 n.— «The work is a shrine-like assortment of elements from the real world—Cuban and American flags, a striking white gown of the kind a 15-year-old Cuban girl (a “quinceanera”) might wear to her coming-out celebration.» —“Galleries” by Benjamin Forgey Washington Post June 14, 1984. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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