Cinco de Mayo falls on Sunday, May 5 this year. It's not Día de la Independencia, or Mexico's Independence Day, which happened on Sept. 16, 1810, when the country broke free of Spanish rule.
Cinco de Mayo is not to be confused with Mexico’s Independence Day (Día de la Independencia), which is celebrated on Sept. 16 and is the anniversary of the revolutionary priest Miguel Hidalgo y ...
With films like The Book of Life and Disney’s Coco, themes around Día de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) have been brought into the spotlight in recent years. A national holiday in Mexico ...