Time for heartbreak friends. In Mexico, we dont celebrate 5 de mayo!
Our independence day is September 15
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September 15 is when Mexico gained its independence from Spain.
That day Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla gained us independence (:
So actuallyyyy
September 15 everyone from where Im from gathers together in Mexico City
around the angel of independence (which is like our "statue of liberty")
and repeat the same "grito" (or yell) that Hidalgo did.
Kind of like this (:
Viva means forever live! So we basically remember all those great people who helped us gain independence every year (: Its kind of exciting!
Umm...okay 5 de Mayo I dont ever remember celebrating as a kid. ha ha but it is an important date.
it was a war that happened in a small town called Puebla. Where Mexico beat the french when they tried to invade us (:
No celebration really ever goes on except for the day is known as
"El dia de la batalla de puebla"
HOWEVER.....
we Mexicans dont mind finding every reason to celebrate!! Give us a day, tell us its a holiday and be sure we'll celebrate it! ESPECIALLY if its to honor our country !!
So in America you better be sure we celebrate it!!
we eat, dance, and just have a good time.
Kind of like this (:
so now you know (:
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