Cinco de Mayo is a date of great importance for the Mexican and Chicano communities. It marks the victory of the Mexican Army over the French at the Battle of Puebla. Althought the Mexican army was eventually defeated, the "Batalla de Puebla" came to represent a symbol of Mexican unity and patriotism. With this victory, Mexico demonstrated to the world that Mexico and all of Latin America were willing to defend themselves of any foreign intervention. Especially those from imperialist states bent on world conquest.
Cinco de Mayo's history has its roots in the French Occupation of Mexico. The French occupation took shape in the aftermath of the Mexican-American War of 1846-48. With this war, Mexico entered a period of national crisis during the 1850's. Years of not only fighting the Americans but also a Civil War, had left Mexico devastated and bankrupt. On July 17, 1861, President Benito Juarez issued a moratorium in which all foreign debt payments would be suspended for a brief period of two years, with the promise that after this period, payments would resume. The English, Spanish and French refused to allow president Juarez to do this, and instead decided to invade Mexico and get payments by whatever means necessary. The Spanish and English eventually withdrew, but the French refused to leave. Their intention was to create an Empire in Mexico under Napoleon III. Some have argued that the true French occupation was a response to growing American power and to the Monroe Doctrine (America for the Americans). Napoleon III believed that if the United States was allowed to prosper indescriminantly, it would eventually become a power in and of itself. In 1862, the French army began its advance. Under General Ignacio Zaragoza, 5,000 ill-equipped Mestizo and Zapotec Indians defeated the French army in what came to be known as the "Batalla de Puebla" on the fifth of May. In the United States, the "Batalla de Puebla" came to be known as simply "5 de Mayo" and unfortunately, many people wrongly equate it with Mexican Independence which was on September 16, 1810, nearly a fifty year difference. Over, the years Cinco de Mayo has become very commercialized and many people see this holiday as a time for fun and dance. Oddly enough, Cinco de Mayo has become more of Chicano holiday than a Mexican one. Cinco de Mayo is celebrated on a much larger scale here in the United States than it is in Mexico. People of Mexican descent in the United States celebrate this significant day by having parades, mariachi music, folklorico dancing and other types of festive activities.
Because the majority of French people are Christian.
Yes they do and they either send it in Christmas or new year
no they don't celebrate Thanksgiving .
It varies by region. Most French provinces celebrate Christmas on Christmas Day, December 25. In Eastern and Northern France, though, the Christmas season begins on December 6 with the Festival of St. Nicolas (la Fete de Saint Nicolas). In Lyon, December 8 is la Fete de Lumieres (Festival of Lights), where the people of Lyon celebrate the Virgin Mary by placing candles in their windows to light up the city.
yes, new France did celebrate Christmas. they had a mass on Christmas eve that was very religious. filled with with liturgical dramas or mysteries and Christmas carols. even though life in quebec has changed very much since the days of the pioneers, many costims and traditions, we still use today.
Those that are Christian celebrate Christmas and those of other religions do not celebrate it.
People in France celebrate CHRISTMAS on December 6th
French Christians celebrate Christmas. French Jews celebrate Hanukkah.
First their children find their gifts hanging on the Christmastree,then when they celebrate have a nice big Christmas dinner with their family!!!:):):)
All of France celebrates Christmas.
Yes they do and they either send it in Christmas or new year
how do people in korea celebrate Christmas
Christmas in France is the same day that we celebrate Christmas in America which is on December 25.
Christian Celebrate Christmas...
Yes
Yes, people in Cuba do celebrate Christmas.
No it does not. As France is in the northern hemisphere, the 25th of December is winter in France.
The people of Chile celebrate Christmas because most of them consider themselves to be Christians. Those Chileans who are not Christians do not celebrate Christmas.