This is traditionally done by the older women in the family.
They walk up with a candle and once their speech is finished, they light a candle on the cake. One of the last events is “18 wishes.” This final segment concludes with eighteen close females of the debutant that share a wish for the celebrant’s future. The first speech is “18 memories.” This is where the debutant’s friends and family members share a quick story about an unforgettable memory that they’ve had with the celebrant. Once the dancing portions have ended, speeches are presented. This is traditionally followed by the “Father Daughter Dance” which is a sign of the father releasing his child into adult life. As each male walks up to the celebrant, they offer her a rose in favor of a dance. The next step is to pick out eighteen males to dance with during the “18 roses” segment. It’s called tinikling which is done with two bamboo sticks that are tapped on the ground, with the dancers stepping in and out of them. Rarely in America, but always in the Philippines, the Court performs the traditional Filipino dance in addition to the Waltz. This usually takes weeks of practice in order to perfect. Second, a dance is performed by the Debutant and her Court. The debutant picks eighteen people, nine females and nine males, to pair together for her “Court.” The Debutant’s Court wears matching outfits, while the celebrant wears a ball gown. This celebration contains many different segments of events, the first one being the grand entrance of her “Court.” Every friend and family member comes to see the events unfold at this party. It originally came from the Quinceanera practiced in Latin America. The Philippine Debut is a cultural tradition done by Filipinos. The whole town participates in the ceremony,” my mom, Vengersammy said. You don’t just invite friends and family. In the Philippines, they make it as grand as a wedding. I enjoy planning it because of the whole idea of getting the family involved in the program from old to young. “It’s something that I knew I wanted to do for my girls. This celebration is seen as the milestone of a girl becoming a woman on her eighteenth birthday. One event that she’s been looking forward to is planning her daughter’s Debut. With my mom, Toni Vengersammy, growing up in the Philippines, there’s a lot of aspects about her culture that she and her family enjoy sharing with us. One thing that greatly affected me is my eighteenth birthday.
It has become the new normal to integrate technology into milestone events, such as graduation, weddings, funerals, and so much more. We all knew that technology was going to play a big part of our lives in the near future, but no one expected it to happen so suddenly.
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