Where can I find information about the history of the Quinceaneras?

I am doing my end of the semester term paper, and I wanted to do it about Quinceaneras, but all I can find is the same 1 page information. I need information about the information that I have found. Diaz, Aztecs, Spaniards, the French. I need more details. But where?Where can I find information about the history of the Quinceaneras?Sorry, I don't know of any "Aztec" connections to the Quinceaneras but there are plenty of similar celebrations that came from the same root.



Wikiedia has a very nice article about this coming of age celebration.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinceanera鈥?/a>



It was adopted from the French D茅butante (from the French d茅butante, "female beginner") Ball.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debutante_b鈥?/a>



Philippine Debut. Cotillions and d茅butante balls (commonly known as 'd茅buts') are very popular in the Philippines and in Filipino communities overseas. This celebrates a girl's eighteenth birthday in becoming a woman.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_鈥?/a>



In some Hispanic communities along the U.S. and Latin America, a similar event occurs on a girl's fifteenth birthday, and is called a Quincea帽era ceremony.



In Mexico, Panama and Paraguay, the d茅butantes are those young girls, typically fifteen or sixteen years old and belonging to middle-high and high class, that participate in a Festival de Debutantes or simply Debut, designed to officially present them to social life. The participation in this event does not preclude, and is usually preceded by, a separate party, called Quince A帽os, to celebrate the young girl's fifteenth's birthday.



In Brazil, such events are called Baile de Debutante (d茅butante ball) or Festa de Quinze Anos (15 year party).



In Argentina, Per煤, Uruguay and other Latin American countries, unless an activity is specified, the word "debutar" refers by common usage to having sex for the first time. Therefore, it is not advisable to ask a woman if she had already made her d茅but, because it would be understood as a sexual and not a social introduction, although this term is more normally applied to men, whilst for woman simply "Perder la virginidad" ("Lose one's virginity", or "lose my virginity") is more common. The introduction party itself usually happens at the 15th birthday and it is called "Fiesta de quince", "Cumplea帽os de quince" (fifteenth party or fifteenth birthday), or even just "Un quince" (literally "a fifteen")



In the United Kingdom, the presentation of d茅butantes to the Sovereign at court marked the start of the British social season.



Cotillions %26amp; D茅butante Balls are HUGE in the Eastern United States.



You might be hard pressed to find a Quinceanera in Nashville, Tenneessee but it is as normal in Miami as a Mc Donalds.



A sweet sixteen party is a type of birthday party in the United States and Canada that is very, very similiar.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_sixte鈥?/a>



In Jewish cultures a girl celebrating with their bat mitzvah is also similar.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_mitzvah



Porfirio Diaz.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porfirio_Di鈥?/a>