A quincenera is a special celebration held for many girls in Spanish-speaking community of the United states and in Latin America on their fifteenth birthday. The celebration may be different country. The word quincenere can refer to the celebration or to the girl. This birthday is special because it celebrate that a girl is not a child anymore and has because a woman. It is a very important day for many young girls, a day they dream about for a long time. Everyone who knows the girl will celebrate it with a church ceremony and a big party.