Hispanic Celebrations

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Hispanic Celebrations

• By Natalie Meyers

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Cumpleaños

• Latin American birthday celebration
• Variations of Happy Birthday
• Cumpleaños Feliz
• Las Mananitas
• Piñata
• Quinceanera

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Quinceanera

• A girls fifteenth birthday
• Celebrates becoming a woman
• Traditions
• Past vs. Present

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Cinco de Mayo

• Celebrated on May 5
• Marks the Mexican Armys defeat over the French
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• Celebrated more elaborately in U.S. than Mexico
• Parades, mariachi music, folklorico dancing

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Día de los Muertos

• Day to honor the dead
• Celebrated November 1st 2nd
• Create ofrendas altars
• La Catrina

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Things to Remeber

• Most Hispanic Celebrations
• Centered around family
• More commercialized with time
• Differences according to localities
• Religious Connections

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