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| May 5, 2011 |
Vamos a celebrar! Today we commemorate the history, culture, and ancestry of Mexico Americas
Cinco de Mayo is primarily celebrated in Mexico , but celebrations also take place in the United States , Canada , and the Caribbean Islands Mexico
Also a big happy birthday wishes go out to Scott and Matt – Happy Birthday Guy’s and enjoy you day!
I always find this day so interesting! I spent the last 14 years working with families from the Latin American countries and Mexico. While Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican celebration, very few Mexicans actually celebrated it until they came to the United States. In fact, many of my families didn't even know that there was a celebration on this day. I discovered this when I came to my ESL class the first year all prepared for a big celebration on the fifth of May and no one knew what I was talking about.
ReplyDeleteThe celebrations that we held were actually planned more by the caucasions that I knew than the Mexicans. I began to ask questions about how these celebrations came to be and the best that I could ascertain was that, in an effort to help include the Mexicans in the community, someone, somewhere knew of a community who had held a celebration on this day and it seemed to bring the Anglo and the Mexican communities a little closer. Now it has become widespread throughout the United States and, interestingly, more Mexicans celebrate it here than they did in their home country.