Thoughtful Ways to Celebrate Cinco De Mayo in Dallas
The Latino Cultural Center hopes the community will treat May 5 as a day to learn about Mexican history and culture.
By Taylor Crumpton
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Arts & Entertainment
May 4, 2021
1:17 pm
Cinco De Mayo is not Mexican Independence Day, which fails on September 16. It’s a day to commemorate the Battle of Puebla, Mexico’s victory over the French, in 1862.
The first stateside celebration was a hyper-regional event, held by Mexican miners in California who burst into songs and speeches after they received news of the historic victory. In Mexico, the holiday is celebrated in a few cities; it’s a relatively minor event. Compare that to the United States, which rings it in with nationwide celebrations, festivals, and parades that has transformed the revolutionary event into an unofficial holiday of cultural appropriative food and drink specials.
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The showground, which is set in the 140 acre leisure venue, has space for up to 100 traders and will be launched on Monday, May 10, running from 6am to 2pm.
Former pub landlady Mrs Lewis said fulfilling their dream to turn their hobby into a business began two years ago.
“In 2019, after a spell in the pub trade where we ran Framlingham’s Castle Inn for five years, Alan and I opened an antiques centre in Diss. We are both keen antique and vintage collectors and thought we would pursue a long-held dream to turn our hobby into a profession.
“We were thoroughly enjoying helping customers to find the perfect pieces for their collections and home interior refurbishments when the pandemic arrived in the UK.”
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