Aracely Saucillo (L) and Marylin Castillo perform with Mexica Ballet
Folclorico during Cinco De Mayo festivities on May 5, 2011, at El Pueblo
de Los Angeles Historic Site on Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles,
California. (Getty Images: Credit)
Cinco de Mayo
commemorates the 1862 Battle of Puebla that took place on the the fifth
day of May and it marks the defeat of invading French forces of
Napoleon III by Mexican Indian soldiers.
In the US Cinco de Mayo has been appropriated by alcohol companies/restaurants and made to look like something of a Mexican
independence day. Don't be fooled by the selling hype. Mexico declared its independence from Spain on September16, 1810.
This date marks the start of the Mexican War of Independence and it was largely led by indigenous Mexican forces fighting for their freedom from Spanish colonialism.
Onward!
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