Rubi Ibarra just celebrated a birthday she will never forget. Rubi is a teenager. She lives in the small community of La Joya in northern Mexico. She turned 15 years old. So, her family planned a traditional quinceaera for her. A quinceaera is an important coming-of-age party for girls turning 15. Her family created a Facebook event page for the party. The invitation was listed as public. That means anyone using Facebook could see it. A few weeks before the party, a photographer placed a video to the page. The video showed Rubi’s father describing what his daughter’s party would be like. Crescendio Ibarra said there would be local musicians, food, prizes and horse races. He said “everyone is cordially invited.” By everyone, the Ibarra family later explained, he simply meant everyone in nearby towns. But the public invitation quickly went viral. As a result, “everyone” who saw it thought they were invited. More than 1 million people said on Facebook that they planned to attend the quinceaera. The original video was seen millions of times on YouTube. Mexican music stars and personalities joked about attending the party. Even a Mexican airline company offered low prices on flights to a city near Rubi’s hometown. Its advertisements for the offer said, “Are you going to Rubi’s party?” The party was held on Monday, December 26. And, while 1 million people did not actually attend, Univision reported that more than 30,000 people showed up to help Rubi celebrate her 15th birthday. Photographers and reporters from around the world were present. The Associated Press described the Mexican teenager as looking a bit “overwhelmed” by the attention, but “resplendent” in her dress.
Title: Thousands Attend Mexican Girl’s Birthday After Seeing Facebook Invitation
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1602/Mexican_girl_FB.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Thousands Attend Mexican Girls Birthday After Seeing Facebook Invitation' data-article-id='2120'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='5708'>Rubi Ibarra just celebrated a birthday she will never forget.</span> <span data-start-time='5708' data-end-time='8146'>Rubi is a teenager.</span> <span data-start-time='8146' data-end-time='13958'>She lives in the small community of La Joya in northern Mexico.</span> <span data-start-time='13958' data-end-time='16958'>She turned 15 years old.</span> <span data-start-time='16958' data-end-time='22375'>So, her family planned a traditional quinceaera for her.</span> <span data-start-time='22375' data-end-time='29250'>A quinceaera is an important coming-of-age party for girls turning 15.</span> <span data-start-time='29250' data-end-time='34563'>Her family created a Facebook event page for the party.</span> <span data-start-time='34563' data-end-time='38229'>The invitation was listed as public.</span> <span data-start-time='38229' data-end-time='43104'>That means anyone using Facebook could see it.</span> <span data-start-time='43104' data-end-time='49583'>A few weeks before the party, a photographer placed a video to the page.</span> <span data-start-time='49583' data-end-time='55896'>The video showed Rubi’s father describing what his daughter’s party would be like. </span> <span data-start-time='55896' data-end-time='64000'>Crescendio Ibarra said there would be local musicians, food, prizes and horse races.</span> <span data-start-time='64000' data-end-time='68771'>He said “everyone is cordially invited.”</span> <span data-start-time='68771' data-end-time='77813'>By everyone, the Ibarra family later explained, he simply meant everyone in nearby towns.</span> <span data-start-time='77813' data-end-time='82438'>But the public invitation quickly went viral.</span> <span data-start-time='82438' data-end-time='88688'>As a result, “everyone” who saw it thought they were invited.</span> <span data-start-time='88688' data-end-time='96896'>More than 1 million people said on Facebook that they planned to attend the quinceaera.</span> <span data-start-time='96896' data-end-time='102667'>The original video was seen millions of times on YouTube.</span> <span data-start-time='102667' data-end-time='109208'>Mexican music stars and personalities joked about attending the party.</span> <span data-start-time='109208' data-end-time='118083'>Even a Mexican airline company offered low prices on flights to a city near Rubi’s hometown.</span> <span data-start-time='118083' data-end-time='124583'>Its advertisements for the offer said, “Are you going to Rubi’s party?”</span> <span data-start-time='124583' data-end-time='129625'>The party was held on Monday, December 26.</span> <span data-start-time='129625' data-end-time='143854'>And, while 1 million people did not actually attend, Univision reported that more than 30,000 people showed up to help Rubi celebrate her 15th birthday.</span> <span data-start-time='143854' data-end-time='149354'>Photographers and reporters from around the world were present.</span> <span data-start-time='149354' data-end-time='160708'>The Associated Press described the Mexican teenager as looking a bit “overwhelmed” by the attention, but “resplendent” in her dress.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' 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can see it'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1602/only_family_members_can_see_it.m4a'><span>only family members can see it</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1602/no_one_is_invited.m4a'><span>no one is invited</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1602/anyone_can_see_it.m4a'><span>anyone can see it</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1602/only_friends_are_invited.m4a'><span>only friends are invited</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=7871 data-hint-location='77813' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1602/the_invitation_quickly_went__blank_.m4a'>The invitation quickly went <span 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