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Commonly mistaken for the Mexican independence day, the "Cinco de Mayo" celebration commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza. The Battle was important because 4,000 Mexican soldiers defeated a much better-equipped French army composed of 8,000 men that had not been defeated for almost 50 years.

No longer a local celebration held only at the city of Puebla, the holiday is now widely celebrated among Mexicans, Mexican-Americans and many others. It is a source of great pride pride among Mexicans - defeating the best army in the world at the time, when outnumbered by two to one.

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Cinco de mayo has been celebrated since 1863, a year after the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, which it commemorates.

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The "Cinco de Mayo" celebration commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza. The Battle was important because 4,000 Mexican soldiers defeated a much better-equipped French army composed of 8,000 men that had not been defeated for almost 50 years.

It is mostly a local celebration held at the city of Puebla, where a parade is carried out. However, as it is a motive of pride among Mexicans - defeating the best army in the world at the time, when outnumbered by 2 to 1 is not an easy task - many people organize small celebrations, including meals or hanging out with friends and relatives, but no special food is prepared for the occasion. Even a couple of beers and salty snacks or "botana" would suffice.

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When the French were driven out of Mexico

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A paper published by the UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture states that the day first started in California in response to the resistance to the French rule in Mexico. When Mexican miners in the town of Columbia, California heard news about the resistance, they were so overjoyed that they fired off rifles and fireworks, sang patriotic songs, and made speeches. It has been celebrated in California since 1863.

It was not until the 1940s, during the rise of the Chicano movement in the United States, that Cinco de Mayo started to become widely celebrated. It became even more widely celebrated in the 1980s when companies, especially beer companies, began to promote it.

Interesting, in Mexico Cinco de Mayo is celebrated mainly in Puebla, where Mexican fighters won the Battle of Puebla against great odds.

Cinco de Mayo is sometimes confused with Mexico's Independence Day, which occurred 50 years earlier on September on September 16th.

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The "Cinco de Mayo" celebration commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza. The Battle was important because 4,000 Mexican soldiers defeated a much better-equipped French army composed of 8,000 men that had not been defeated for almost 50 years.

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In Mexico, Cinco de Mayo is mainly celebrated in the state of Puebla, where the Battle of Puebla took place in 1862. No special food is associated with the celebration, but Chiles en Nogada are likely to be served. Chiles en Nogada are poblano chiles filled with "picadillo," (a mixture usually containing chopped or ground meat, aromatics, fruits, and spices) topped with a walnut-based cream sauce and pomegranate seeds, giving it the three colors of the Mexican flag: chili for green, nut sauce for white , and pomegranate for red.

Cinco de Mayo is not widely observed in other parts of Mexico, but if there is a Cinco de Mayo celebration, the foods of that region would be served. For instance, if you are eating in Mexico City, tortas, pambazos or pozole would be in order. In the city of Guadalajara, birria would be the choice. Caldo loco is pretty common throughout the state of Hidalgo.

At widespread Cinco de Mayo celebrations in the United States, it is likely that "traditional Mexican Food" consisting of tacos, enchiladas, burritos, fajitas or any other Tex-Mex cuisine dish would be on the menu.

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La batalla fue en Puebla, cerca de la Ciudad de México, en el año 1862.

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The "Cinco de Mayo" celebration commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza. The Battle was important because 4,000 Mexican soldiers defeated a much better-equipped French army composed of 8,000 men that had not been defeated for almost 50 years.

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yes

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Cinco de Mayo honors the Mexican forces that fought and won the Battle of Puebla during the French-Mexican War.

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No. It is a Mexican / Mexican-American celebration.

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To clear the common confusion, It has nothing to do with the Independence the declared from Spain on September 16, 1810.

Cinco De Mayo is a Mexican Holiday that was created to celebrate the victory of the Mexican army against the French in the French Intervention in 1862. The Mexicans with an army of about two thousand defeated the French forces of six thousand. Although they did lose the war, they still celebrate the victory of this battle.

To Answer your question, it became popular in the late 20th century when Dos Equis Beer company encouraged Americans to drink their beer on the Fifth of May (Cinco de Mayo), to promote sales.

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Feliz Cinco de Mayo

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Mayonaise or in spanish it's the month may

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Cry gughhuhhh

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All the Mexican men who fought that battle were heroes. The one who led them to victory is Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza.

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They don't; the Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza. The Battle was important because 4,000 Mexican soldiers defeated a much better-equipped French army composed of 8,000 men that had not been defeated for almost 50 years.

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Labor Day (May 1st), Independence Day (May 14), and Mother's Day (May 15) for sure.

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The most celebratory colors to wear on Cinco de Mayo are green, white, and red - which are the colors of the Mexican flag.

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Cinco de mayo food generally involve traditional hispanic foods, include guacamole, enchiladas, mole poblano and chilaquiles. Other dishes include soups, chips, salsas, tacos, flans, and a vast variety of other deserts and pastry dishes.

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None, that was a battle between French troops and Mexicans in Mexico.

However, it is believed that France was intending to use Mexico as a base to support the confederate army, which could have altered the entire outcome of the American Civil War. The battle of Puebla was a major victory for revitalizing the Mexican army to force the French out of their country.

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Mexico won the war against the invading French forces, eventually capturing and executing Maximilian I and restoring the Republic as form of government.