How Mexico celebrates Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo is only celebrated in some parts of Mexico, primarily in the state of Puebla, where the battle that it commemorates took place, and also in Mexico City, the country’s capital. Pictured here on May 5, 2016, artists take part in the reenactment of the Battle of Puebla – Mexico’s victory over France on May 5, 1862 – during its anniversary celebration at Penon de los Banos neighborhood in Mexico City.
The holiday is often celebrated and remembered with a reenactment of the Battle of Puebla, in which a small army of Mexican patriots and peasants were victorious over a French force. Although in 1863 France finally took the Mexican capital and installed a five-year regime led by Emperor Maximilian, the Battle of Puebla’s importance lies in that it strengthened the Mexican spirit after it prevented French Emperor Napoleon III from conquering the country.
Soldiers wearing period costumes take part in a re-enactment of the Battle of Puebla in Puebla, Mexico, on May 5, 2011. The battle marked the defeat of French forces by Mexican troops and local Indians in the central state of Puebla in 1862.
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