Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico’s Independence Day.
If you hear music and see people dancing in the street dressed in gay coloured clothing, it could be they’re celebrating their Mexican Heritage today. If you’ve heard of Cinco De Mayo and always wandered what it is keeping reading below:
Cinco De Mayo
(Spanish for “fifth of May”) is a voluntarily observed holiday that commemorates 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 Seguín.[2][3]
It is celebrated primarily in the state of Puebla
and in the United States.[4][5][6][7] While Cinco de Mayo has limited significance nationwide in Mexico, the date is observed in the United States
and other locations around the world as a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride.[8] Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico’s Independence Day,[9] the most important national patriotic holiday in Mexico.[10]