Cinco de Mayo
Wikipedia usually has to “lock” its Cinco de Mayo page. I suspect it may be related to the sudden appearance of sites opposing the celebration of this semi-holiday and others who have a hissy fit about any Mexican holiday being celebrated in the US.
In Mexico Cinco de Mayo or Batalla de Puebla, is only a really big celebration in the state of Puebla, where the battle took place.
The Mexican army won the Batalla de Puebla on May the 5th, 1862, but the French went on to Mexico City in 1863 after receiving reinforcements and installed Emperor Maximilian.
It has the status of St. Patrick’s Day in the US, an excuse to eat different food, and drink different booze, and be obnoxious show an interest in other cultures.
Margaritas, tacos, and the destruction of piñatas, that’s what it is really about, although some people have other interpretations.
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Double tequila for everyone! Woo!
I would settle for double exes.
Plenty of those in the Mexican-American grocery right around the corner from me, Bryan. For the most part, the celebrations have been rather quiet here, with a few notable exceptions. Thunderstorms do tend to, um, dampen a party.
(First comment posted through Stella’s new wireless router. Hurray! an event to celebrate, on a day of celebration!)
No spirit of adventure, getting blasted while getting rain-soaked in a thunderstorm.