2002.91.9

Photograph is color, and was taken at Gloria Karina Arroyo's quinceañera. Photograph shows Gloria with the 'grown-ups'-- (from left to right) Kathy De Leon, Kelly Zamora, Erica Larumbe, Nancy De Leon, Tina Zamora, Ventura Rivas, Shirley Farnham, Gladis Rivas, Elena Arroyo, Gloria Karina Arroyo, Polo Arroyo, Michael Rivas, Armando Rivas, Andres Piña, Joel Zamora, Roberto Zamora, and Ben De Leon.

A quinceañera is the celebration of a young woman's fifteenth birthday in Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central, or South American culture. The quinceañera symbolizes a young woman's transition into womanhood, and the event usually combines a special Catholic mass given in the young woman's honor with a larger formal reception for family and friends. This type of event may also be called the Fiesta Rosa (for example, in El Salvador).