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Come aboard a quinceañera cruise, where dozens of young Latina women are breaking ground by forming modern community through what began as an indigenous rite of passage. Inhereting a mixed bag of ancestral customs, they celebrate their 15th birthdays together, along with hundreds of their closest friends and relatives. With each celebration the participants find themselves inherently redefining the quinceañeras tradition.
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![Quinceañera's pose for a group portrait in the cruise's final stop of Cozumel, MX]()
Quinceañeras aboard the cruise are organized into "traditional" dress and "untraditional" dress groups when on land. Both groups together for a group portrait at the last port in Cozumel, México
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![A group of quinceañeras in traditional dresses try their best to hold their pose.]()
A group of quinceañeras organized by "traditional" dress
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![Family of the quinceañera enjoy open bars at Happy Holiday's signurature opening party.
Open Bar Still Life, 2018
A table of drinks rest beside relatives of the quinceañera at an exclusive, welcome open bar event for this group cruise. This cruise in pa]()
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![Lianet Zuaznabar takes a moment's rest during Happy Holiday's themed private party.]()
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![Quinceañera dresses remain protected, enveloped in plastic, while family members sit in on lengthly rehearsals.]()
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![Débora Castro smiles for the sea of cameras as she holds her solo pose center stage.]()
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![A surprise cake for the quinceañeras arrises from beneath the stage.]()
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![Quinceañera Nathaly Reyes and her mother Rozana Romero pose before the dinner, the day after their celebration.]()
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![Katelyn Guzman poses for a portrait in "Central Park" before her quiceañera aboard the cruise.]()
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![Traditionally, quinceañeras have their mother or siblings arrange their hair, nails and makeup. There are not many opportunities to have them done on board.]()
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![Group of quinceañeras sit together at main dining hall on board.]()
Group of quinceañeras sit together at main dining hall on board.
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![A quinceañera and her family unite with a multi course meal after the formal celebration.]()
A quinceañera and her family unite with a multi course meal after the formal celebration. -
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