Cuba is especially associated with the version of the quinceañera tradition commonly called a quinces.
In Cuban communities, the celebration is often known as a quinces or quince party. It marks a girl’s fifteenth birthday with formal clothing, photography, music, dancing, and family participation. Cuban immigrants and their descendants have also carried the custom to other countries, particularly the United States.
The Cuban form belongs to the wider family of Latin American fifteenth-birthday traditions. Similar celebrations exist under different names and with different combinations of church ceremonies, receptions, symbolic rituals, and dances. The details are not identical across national or diasporic communities.
“Quinces” is therefore a regional label, not a separate age or a universal replacement for quinceañera. English-language descriptions may use quinceañera for the broader tradition and quinces when highlighting Cuban cultural usage.