discovered during my journey through the Old City of Havana on the edge of the Plaza I de San Francisco de Asis, a small group which is facing the adversity of the wind:
with a Cuban beauty a long black Rüschchenkleid, before it sought a stylist, the head dress of the girl to attach better. His assistant hands him the required accessories, and a few meters away is a photographer who is waiting for his cue.
Except for the color of the dress that scene fits perfectly into Cuban life. This is around 15 Birthday of the girl, who is not only in Cuba but also in other Latin American countries a major social event. Today is the birthday boy its official Childhood ended. Since that great day
is very expensive to go to him many years of planning, diligent saving and looking ahead for sponsors within the family.
The "Quinceanera," which I got to face, can probably still take pictures of other beautiful places in the Cuban capital, but always in a different dress. Perhaps it is chauffeured in a beautiful vintage convertible to the various scenes.
by the evening, instead of a lavish party to which the Quinceañera should appear in a white wedding dress. She will meet the boy, the has chosen it for this evening for a dance partner. With him and other pairs they will perform in a beautiful choreography before a large audience before in a dance class choreographed dances.
One of the highlights and the cutting of a pink cake - and of course the dance with "papá" and his little speech, break out in the far most important man in the life of 15 years with pride and emotion in tears is .
"The fiesta de quince 'is basically nothing more than the theatrical launch of a sexually active life," said me a Mexican friend. "Especially in Cuba, this should apply to all special," he adds. My Cuban friend sees it differently: "It's a special birthday in the life of a Cuban girl - no more and no less."
She had decided against such a party and spent it with his sister, parents and grandparents of two weeks in a fancy hotel near Havana. 30 years ago this was still possible. At that time, the Cubans were able to stay in a four-star hotel with Cuban pesos to pay and did not need as now, the Cuban convertible peso second currency (CUC).
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