Cinco de Mayo

[ Spanish seeng-kaw the mah-yaw ]

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noun

a Mexican holiday marking the victory of Mexican troops over French forces in Puebla, Mexico, on May 5, 1862.

< Spanish: May 5

And yet Cinco de Mayo can veer so, so quickly into Cinco de Weirdly Racist Douchebaggery.

Celebrating Cinco de Mayo is all about tequila, friends and, of course, food.

Like Cinco de Mayo, cemitas, (sandwiches), hail from the city of Puebla and are especiales at Café Ollin.

And there is no better excuse to drink tequila (worm and all) and don a sombrero than Cinco de Mayo.

Cinco de Mayo is actually a much more random and bittersweet blip on the radar of Mexican history.

On this main, in Calle de Cinco de Mayo, at a distance of 320 m. from the reservoir, has been placed a 76-cm.

Along Calle de Cinco de Mayo, where the division between the two services takes place, two lines are laid, a 30-cm.

The picture is entitled "Cinco de Mayo," the date of the conflict.

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