Cinco de Mayo en todo el paÃs (around the country)
There’s much more to Cinco de Mayo than doing tequila shots and stuffing taquitos down your throat, even though American bars would have you believe otherwise. Mexico is a country rich in tradition and despite many Americans thinking its Mexican Independence day, it’s actually a celebration of winning the Battle of Puebla in 1862 against the French. It was 50 years prior to this battle that Mexico fought for its independence from Spain.
Carlos Harrison of the Huffington Post wrote a great article this past Thursday on “How A Mexican Battle Became An American Party.” In the same vein of re-education, and yes, partying, we’ve pulled together a collection of photos to show the diversity and excitement of modern Cinco de Mayo celebrations 150 years in the making.
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- Mexico’s Ambassador to the United States Arturo Sarukhan (L) and US Secretary of the Interior Kenneth L. Salazar (R) take their seats while US Vice President Joseph R. Biden waits to speak during a Cinco de Mayo breakfast at the Vice President’s residence at the Naval Observatory May 2, 2012 in Washington, DC. Biden and his wife Dr. Jill Biden hosted guests at the breakfast ahead of this weekend’s Cinco de Mayo celebration which celebrates Mexican. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
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- People take part in a recreation of the Battle of Puebla during Cinco de Mayo celebrations in Mexico City on May 5, 2010. On May 5, 1862, Mexican forces loyal to Benito Juarez defeated French troops sent by Napoleon III in the Battle of Puebla, in Puebla, central Mexico. (Eduardo Verdugo/AP Photo)
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- Participants dance in the rain before the start of the Cinco de Mayo Parade in New York, Sunday, May 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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- Floyd Mayweather (L) poses with Miguel Cotto during their press conference on May 2, 2012 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather takes on Cotto for the WBA Super World Light Middleweight Championship on Cinco de Mayo, Saturday, May 5, 2012. (John Gurzinski/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Judith Merillo (L), Esmeralda Garcia (2nd-L), Guillermo Nunez (C), Mariana Nanez and Ileana Garcia (R), members of the all-female strolling Mariachi band, “Ellas Son,” perform at the Los Angeles Farmer Market during Cinco de Mayo festivities on May 5, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. Nunez was filling for the recovering injured female base player who was shot in the arm at a Mexican restaurant two weeks ago. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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- Sophomore James Saylor, center, and other St. Paul’s School boys watch as instructor Ani Murach leads a special Cinco de Mayo Latin dance class on Friday, May 4, 2007. (Dylan Wilson/Baltimore Sun)
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- U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (R) watches schoolchildren dance while attending a Hispanic Heritage event at the Latin American Montessori Bilingual (LAMB) Public Charter School in celebration of Cinco de Mayo on May 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. The event included performances by schoolchildren, remarks by the first lady and questions from the audience. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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- School of the Cathedral sixth-graders Anna Jacobs, Sophia Enery and Hanley Casey (from left) work on a papier mache sculpture for the school’s Cinco de Mayo ball on May 5, 2001. The sculpture is a snake coming out of a Mexican pot. (Patuxent Publishing)
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- Killer, a Chihuahua/Doberman mix attends Cinco de Mayo festivities on May 5, 2010, at El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Site on Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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- Commonly mistaken for Mexico’s Independence Day, Cinco de Mayo in Mexico is far less extravagant. Pictured above are female soldiers dressed in traditional clothing during a military parade in culmination with the bicentennial Independence Day celebrations in Mexico City September 16, 2010. Tens of thousands of Mexicans thronged the streets on Wednesday to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mexico’s fight for independence from Spain. (Eliana Aponte/Reuters)
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- A group of actors reenact the Battle of Puebla to commemorate their defeat over the French Army, in Mexico City on May 5, 2008. Mexico’s public holiday Cinco de Mayo celebrates their win in the May 5, 1862 battle which brought together French forces (R) and Mexican forces made up mainly of Zacapuxtlas indians. (Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Lansdowne High School sophomores Tammie Flores and Ismael Colin perform the Mexican folk dance El Jarabe Tapatio for their classmates during lunch as part of a Cinco de Mayo celebration sponsored by the school’s Multicultural Club on Tuesday, May 5, 2009. (Anthony Castellano/Patuxent Publishing)
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- Ramon Ponce, of “Mariachi Real De Mexico” plays a biguela during a Cinco de Mayo fiesta Saturday, May 5, 2001, at New York’s South Street Seaport. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
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- While off duty at the 10th CSH military hospital in Baghdad (L) Latoya Belton and Jarrod Vining (R) dance during a Cinco de Mayo party held in the army’s cafeteria on May 5, 2006. (Monica Lopossay/Baltimore Sun)
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- Much of the Cinco de Mayo celebration in America revolves around food. Pictured is the Cinco De Mayo entre, a variety of tacos and a mini burrito from El Hidalgo Diner & Cantina in Elkridge, MD. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
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- Daniela Avila, 9, celebrates in confetti from a performance at the Twelfth Annual Fiesta Broadway Street Celebration in Los Angeles on April 29, 2001. The festival attracts about 500,000 people and is billed as the largest Cinco De Mayo celebration in the United States. (Carlos Chavez/The Los Angeles Times/AP Photo)
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- Members of the Maru Montero Dance Company perform at the Sylvan Theater near the Washington Monument during the 18th Annual National Cinco de Mayo Festival in Washington on May 2, 2010. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)
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Jimmy
May 05, 2012 @ 14:46:01
Great article its a side of the story people don’t hear about thanks when i talk about it they act like i am made that i kicked the Spanish the French and America’s ass. Being mostly Native American, Spanish and Mexican living on both sides of the border for generations, its one of those conversations that could end in a fight because of miss information old grudges and the fact that mexico and the native american or the only countries that fought off people who did not practiced what they preached. I have a diverse family from the mid west, from Creole, Porto Rican, Italian, Irish, French, German, of course I am an american. I feel helping Mexico is key to helping Afghanistan and other 3rd world countries. not even parting doing laundry watching the fight….
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