Kamunte Fairley, 17, at right, dances with Tatianna Muñoz at Club Ki Yowga in East Chicago, Indiana. As part of Muñoz's combined quinceañera and Sweet 16, the duo practiced for weeks leading up to the celebration dance to Rihanna's "Work." |||| Rites of Passage define our lives. They signify the progress of time as well as our citizenship in a tribe, in a culture — in life itself. Chicago commemorates these moments in ways that reflect its diversity, but through difference, we find commonality. We are all connected through these formal and informal ceremonies that remind us how much family, love and time shape us.
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