"Quinceañera," an old Latin American tradition is back in business in Cuba.

"Quinceañera" is an age-old Latin American tradition that marks a young Latina's 15th birthday and is considered her rite of passage from a girl to womanhood. Naturally, a lot of families will want to give their daughters a wonderful experience. This Latin American established practice goes way back centuries ago. For now, some traces of the ancient celebrations remain including the traditional waltzes performed by Latin American girls.

In Cuba, photographs are in demand for "quinceañeras." A report by Fox News Latino revealed a number of young Latina girls returning to the island to shoot photographs and videos. A 14-year-old girl from Miami, Camila Lopez Rivas, who will celebrate her natal day in February at the Melia Cohiba Hotel, located near the Malecon seaside promenade in Havana, was at a beachside home lying on the tile floor having fun while an overhead video camera recorded her action.

She was dressed in an aqua and blue taffeta dress, one of the nine costumes she posed in for her eight-hour video and photo shoot. The outfits ranged from a neon green bikini to colonial ball gowns.

Camila, whose Cuban father is a truck driver who left the country when she was a newborn, has no recollection of the island. Nevertheless, she wanted to return and experience the vibe and culture.

Latin American girls have taken quite an interest in "quinceañera," and as a result, Cuban businesses were picking up. Recent reforms on the island allowing small-scale private trades and the restoration of the U.S.-Cuban diplomatic alliance have given way for new event planning and photo-video businesses catering mostly to the old Latin American tradition.

Mostly, Cuban businesses get their clients from Havana and Miami. Casper Star Tribune has learned that Marbella Studios, located in Guanabo and is 30 minutes away from Havana has 12 photographers, videographers and stylists who take care of the 14-year-old girls for their transition into womanhood.

Most studio "quinceañera" packages presently start at $150 which includes makeup artists, professional hair, multiple wardrobe changes — from poufy dresses and crowns, miniskirts and punk-rock style sneakers and even bikinis that left little to the imagination — and scenic Havana backdrops. Compared to similar offers in the U.S. which ranged from $1000, this is a bargain.

Furthermore, Director of Florida International University's Cuba Research Institute, Jorge Duany said, "Recent Cuban immigrants tend to support more engagement of all kinds with Cuba, including restoring diplomatic ties, lifting the embargo, allowing travel by all U.S. citizens, and investing in the fledgling private sector of the island's economy."

Thus, according to Examiner.com, because of the younger Cuban-Americans and other Latin Americans expressing more enthusiasm with "quinceañera" and going back to the once-forbidden island, older immigrants have as well begun returning to Cuba, their homeland.