It is extremely unlikely that there were Bat Mitzvah among the CryptoJews of Hispanic America. The first Bat Mitzvah was in 1922 in NYC. The Spanish inquisition was in effect in Mexico until 1821! There were many thousands of Secret Jews in Mexico who had to be vigilant that the Catholic Church would accuse them, seize their property and burn them at the stake. Nevertheless, life goes on. The quincenara may very well have been a Jewish custom to present eligible daughters to preferred families. The dancing around the girl in a chair sounds very similar to a Jewish wedding celebration. Aztecs had no chairs that could be used like that. Aztec elders and lords commonly sat on wooden benches with four legs. Other light and comfortable chairs were icpalli, woven from bulrush reed and you could not lift a person in that. I disagree with Jordan Namerow about almost everything she said. This was a crypto Jewish tradition

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