It is often written that Cinco de Mayo is more celebrated in the United States than in Mexico, but not so in the city of Puebla, where the original battle with Napoleon’s French army took place in 1862. A huge parade is held with a crowd estimated at half a million people watching. One of those people a couple of years ago was blogger Maxine George, and she described the parade: “Dancers in folklorico costumes with bright ruffled skirts and pretty tasseled hats, nurses in crisp white uniforms and soldiers with painted faces camouflaged either in leafy green and brown or in black with an orange sun streak across their cheeks, proudly strode past my seat on the viewing stand.” Correspondent Dick Davis for OurMexico.com also witnessed the parade and reported: “Vendors were setting up taco stands; straw hats and bright colored umbrellas took over the sidewalk. Vendors sold cotton candy, watermelons, mangos, tacos Arabes, confetti, belts, jicama, aguas(Mexican fruit punch) in a dozen flavors, custard, paper hats for the unprepared, (I bought one, didn’t want sunburned ears), French fries, chips, fried pork skins, folding chairs, folding stools, popsicles, snow cones, slushes, lucky charm bracelets, Jello, fresh squeezed orange juice, chalupas, Polaroid pictures, soft drinks, bottled water (I brought my own), carrots, peeled in plastic bags, unshelled peanuts, balloons, sunglasses and more.”
Latest News on Mexican Food, Grocery Brands, Authentic Recipes and Culture from Mexico.