Cinco de Mayo

 Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for fifth of May) commemorates the Mexican Army’s defeat of French forces on May 5, 1862, in the batalla de Puebla (Battle of Puebla). Festivities often include sport events, parades, mariachi music and dancing, picnics featuring Mexican food, and beauty contests.

Cinco the Mayo is celebrated in Mexico, and also in regions of the United States with sizeable communities of Mexican origin, including the Southwest, southern California, and other areas. Particularly well known is the celebration of Los Angeles, California, on the streets outside the city hall.

Cinco de Mayo sometimes is confused with the Mexican Independence Day (September 16), which commemorates the anniversary of the day in 1810 when revolutionary priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla issued a proclamation declaring Mexico independent from Spain. .

       Mariachis                                    Piñatas                                   Maracas

When you go to  this website select "topics" , and then select "Holidays" , and Video "Cinco de Mayo".

You can see videos and listen to the story behind this celebration, enjoy it!

http://www.history.com/states.do?action=detail&state=All%20About%20Mexico&contentType=State_Generic&contentId=57788&parentId=MEXICO

http://www.vivacincodemayo.org/history.htm

http://www.legrand.k12.ca.us/programs/cinco/

http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/cinco.html