CELEBRATING EVEN IF IT MEANS
DOING IT IN NEW WAYS.
FOR ANGELA, TODAY IS A
MILESTONE.
ONE SHE DIDN’T QUITE EXPECT TO
LOOK LIKE THIS.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING YOU’VE BEEN
THINKING ABOUT SINCE YOU WERE
LITTLE?
>> YES.
>> Reporter: TODAY IS ANGELA’S
QUINCEANERA.
A TRADITION MARKING HER 15th
BIRTHDAY AND TRANSITION TO
ADULTHOOD.
ONE THAT TYPICALLY INVOLVES
CHURCH SERVICE AND A HUGE FAMILY
PARTY.
BUT NOW THE PANDEMIC IS FORCING
FAMILIES LIKE HERS TO GET REALLY
CREATIVE WHICH IS WHY SHE’S
HOSTING A DRIVE-THROUGH
QUINCEANERA IN THE FRONT YARD.
>> WE SAID WE’LL DO WHAT WE HAVE
TO DO ON OUR END TO MAKE IT
HAPPEN.
>> Reporter: AND THEY DID.
WITH CUSTOM MASKS.
YOU HAVE A SPECIAL MASK MADE OUT
OF THE SAME MATERIAL AS YOUR
DRESS.
>> YES.
>> Reporter: AND A CARAVAN OF
WELL WISHERS.
WERE YOU NERVOUS AT ALL TO COME
OUT BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC?
>> YES, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE I
HAVEN’T GONE OUT ANYWHERE.
>> Reporter: THIS IS YOUR FIRST
TIME LEAVING?
>> YES.
I DIDN’T DO ANYTHING DURING THE
SUMMER.
SO THIS IS MY -- YOU KNOW, THIS
IS A BIG EVENT FOR ME.
>> Reporter: THEY’RE ALSO
HOSTING A MUCH SMALLER SOCIALLY
DISTANCED PARTY COMPLETE WITH
TEMPERATURE CHECKS AND HAND
SANITIZER STATIONS.
THESE ARE AMONG THE DOZENS OF
CHANGES LATINO FAMILIES ARE
MAKING TO STILL HONOR THEIR
CULTURE DURING THE PANDEMIC.
IN CHICAGO THERE’S A TWIST ON
SPECIAL SWEET BREDS KNOWN AS
CONCHA.
>> THAT’S A CONCHA VIRUS.
>> Reporter: HOW MANY OF THESE
HAVE YOU SOLD SINCE THE
PANDEMIC?
>> I’VE LOST COUNT ALREADY.
>> Reporter: YOU’VE SOLD THAT
MANY?
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: AND PINATAS MADE TO
LOOK LIKE THE VIRUS ITSELF.
>> THEY’VE BEEN ONE OF THE MOST
POPULAR DURING THE PANDEMIC.
I THINK IT’S ABOUT RELEASING
FRUSTRATION.
ALSO KEEPING TRUE.
>> WE WANT TO HONOR THE
TRADITIONS OF OUR PARENTS.
THEY’RE NOT ORIGINALLY FROM THE
U.S.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HONOR AND WE PUT THOSE
TRADITIONS INTO OUR OWN
FAMILIES.
>> Reporter: FAMILIES THAT ARE
ADAPTING AND CELEBRATING.
>> GLAD I GET TO SPEND TIME.
>> Reporter: WHILE KEEPING THEIR
TRADITIONS ALIVE.
GUYS, EVERYONE WE TALK TO ABOUT
THIS MONTH SAID THIS MONTH IS
ABOUT ADAPTING.
SOMETHING THAT LATINO FAMILIES
HAVE HISTORICALLY HAD TO DO OVER
AND OVER AGAIN.
WHETHER THAT’S ADAPTING TO A NEW
HOME, A NEW CULTURE.
BUT ALSO ADAPTING TO KEEP
FAMILIES SAFE IN A NEW PANDEMIC
THAT HAS HIT LATINO FAMILIES
ESPECIALLY HARD.
SO THIS MONTH IS ABOUT HONORING
THAT TRADITION OF RESILIENCE,
GUYS.
>> I LOVE IT.
WE CAN HEAR THE MARIACHIS.
I LOVE IT SO MUCH.
YOU’RE IN CHICAGO.
TELL US ABOUT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
AND THIS COMMUNITY.
>> Reporter: SO, SAVANNAH, IT’S
THE HEART OF CHICAGO’S LATINO
COMMUNITY.
YOU SEE THIS LIVE MARIACHI BAND.
THIS IS TRADITIONAL PINATAS.
WE WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE
WAYS THE LATINO BUSINESSES HAVE
HAD TO REINVENT THEMSELVES TO
SURVIVE AND THRIVE IN THE
PANDEMIC.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE THIS
RESTAURANT IN CHICAGO.
WE’VE GOT MEAT, SALSA, ONIONS.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS
TRADITIONAL MEXICAN FOOD.
AND THEN WE HAVE THOSE CONCHAS
OR CONCHA VIRUSES.
THEY’VE BROUGHT ALL OF THESE.
THIS IS THE CONCHA VIRUS.
IT’S A LITTLE BIT SWEET ON TOP
BUT A TRADITIONAL MEXICAN DISH
THAT GETS ITS NAME FROM A SHELL.
THANK YOU.
THEN WE HAVE THE PINATAS THAT
ARE MADE TO LOOK LIKE THE
CORONAVIRUS.
>> WE NEED THAT.
>> MORGAN, OUR UNDERSTANDING IS
THAT THOSE PINATAS, THEY’RE ALSO
HELPING A LOT OF BUSINESSES JUST
STAY AFLOAT, RIGHT?
>> Reporter: AND THAT’S WHAT’S
SO COOL, CRAIG.
I MEAN, ALL OF THESE BUSINESSES
HAVE FOUND NEW WAYS TO ADAPT TO
THE PANDEMIC.
MARCO, WHY DO YOU THINK THESE
THINGS ARE SELLING OUT LIKE HOT
CAKES?
>> MORGAN, I THINK IT’S THE
TRADITION AND FRUSTRATION DURING
THESE TOUGH TIMES.
>> Reporter: SO PEOPLE ARE
TRYING TO GET OUT FRUSTRATION?
>> YES.
>> Reporter: SHOULD WE GIVE IT A
GO?
>> YES.
>> Reporter: I’M AFRAID FOR MY
PHOTOGRAPHER.
>> HARDER!
HARDER!
>> YEAH!
>> OH!
>> YES!
>> COME ON!
OH, YEAH.
>> YOU GET THAT!
>> WHAT’S IN THERE?
>> CANDY.
>> LOOKS BULLETPROOF.
>> DID THE CANDY FALL?