Celebration in Mexico, the United States of Mexican-American culture and experiences.
Food, music, folkloric dancing
Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for "fifth of May") is a celebration held on May 5. It is celebrated in the United States and regionally in Mexico, primarily in the state of Puebla, where the holiday is called El Da de la Batalla de Puebla (English: The Day of the Battle of Puebla). It originated with Mexican-American communities in the American West as a way to commemorate the cause of freedom and democracy during the first years of the American Civil War, and today the date is observed in the United States as a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride. In the state of Puebla, the date is observed to commemorate the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza Segun. Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico's Independence Day the most important national patriotic holiday in Mexico which is celebrated on September 16.
-- Edited by Uke on Sunday 5th of May 2013 04:37:45 PM
The Krink said
7:46 AM, 05/06/13
Whether we gringos knew anything about cinco de mayo or not, every mexican food establishment in the last 20 years have figgered out a way to make the "holiday" a wait in line for for 30 minutes for a table "event". Been there, done that. Mexican food is loaded with salt. Their locos are loaded with rum. You get a loco down and everything tastes great. 2 locos down and you are asking for trouble or a designated driver home. I haven't had any withdrawl from Mexican food nor do I want to make it at home. I got my experiences with the food and it's not a ciusine I want to further persue.
Cinco de Mayo
Not to be confused with Mexican Independence Day, which occurs on September 16.
Battle of Puebla
Celebration in Mexico, the United States of Mexican-American culture and experiences.
Food, music, folkloric dancingCinco de Mayo (Spanish for "fifth of May") is a celebration held on May 5. It is celebrated in the United States and regionally in Mexico, primarily in the state of Puebla, where the holiday is called El Da de la Batalla de Puebla (English: The Day of the Battle of Puebla). It originated with Mexican-American communities in the American West as a way to commemorate the cause of freedom and democracy during the first years of the American Civil War, and today the date is observed in the United States as a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride. In the state of Puebla, the date is observed to commemorate the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza Segun. Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico's Independence Day the most important national patriotic holiday in Mexico which is celebrated on September 16.
-- Edited by Uke on Sunday 5th of May 2013 04:37:45 PM
or not, every mexican food establishment in the last 20
years have figgered out a way to make the "holiday" a
wait in line for for 30 minutes for a table "event". Been there,
done that. Mexican food is loaded with salt. Their locos
are loaded with rum. You get a loco down and everything
tastes great. 2 locos down and you are asking for trouble
or a designated driver home. I haven't had any withdrawl from
Mexican food nor do I want to make it at home. I got my
experiences with the food and it's not a ciusine I want to
further persue.