Quinceanera ritual provides lessons on faith, family—and sex. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 71°F. ... Reyes lays a bouquet of roses before a statue of the Virgin Mary.

In the Mass, the quinceañera will have two different bouquets. One for her and another given to the Virgin Mary as an offering and a way to thank her for getting to turn 15.

A quinceañera bouquet in the “Quinceañera: Dancing in the Clouds of Traditions” exhib at the Yakima Valley Museum is seen on Sept. 21, 2023, in Yakima. El Sol de Yakima; Buy Now.

Nabella “Bella” Grijalva listens to a speech by her grandmother, Blanca Grijalva, right, during Bella’s quinceañera party at the Intercontinental Hotel in St. Paul on Friday, June 27, 2025.

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Dresses for quinceañeras haven’t always been the huge, ball gown-esque styles they are today. “In my era, they were white, yes, maybe the bouquet, or something, very [little] color to it ...