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Cinco de Mayo



Cinco de Mayo celebration in St. Paul, MN.
Cinco de Mayo celebration in St. Paul, MN.

Events tied to Cinco de Mayo also occur outside Mexico and the United States. For example, a sky-diving club near Vancouver in Canada holds a Cinco de Mayo skydiving event.[15] In the Cayman Islands, in the Caribbean, there is an annual Cinco de Mayo air guitar competition.[16] As far away as the island of Malta, in the Mediterranean, revelers are encouraged to drink Mexican beer on May 5th.[17]

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  1. ^ List of official Mexican holidays Accessed April 14, 2008.
    This list indicates that Cinco de Mayo is not a dia feriado obligatorio ("obligatory holiday"), but is instead a holiday that can be voluntarily observed.
  2. ^ "The anniversary of the victory is celebrated only sporadically in Mexico" - National Geographic Accessed Dec. 4, 2007
  3. ^ Statement by Mexican Consular official Accessed May 8, 2007.
  4. ^ "I have yet to see any big hoopla occur on May 5." Accessed May 5, 2007
  5. ^ "It may surprise some to learn that Cinco de Mayo is not even a federal holiday in México. Banks and government offices are open. Restaurant menus remain the same. And companies don't splurge on ad campaigns" Accessed Oct. 30, 2007
  6. ^ a b c Southern California Quarterly "Cinco de Mayo's First Seventy-Five Years in Alta California: From Spontaneous Behavior to Sedimented Memory, 1862 to 1937" Spring 2007 (see American observation of Cinco de Mayo started in California) accessed Oct 30, 2007
  7. ^ "[Cinco de Mayo] is primarily a regional holiday celebrated in the Mexican state capital city of Puebla and throughout the state of Puebla, with some limited recognition in other parts of Mexico." Accessed May 5, 2007
  8. ^ "Cinco de Mayo has become more of [an American] holiday than a Mexican one." accessed May 5, 2007
  9. ^ "Cinco de Mayo has become a day for celebrating Mexican culture in the United States, and celebrations there easily outshine those in Mexico." Accessed May 8, 2007
  10. ^ "Today, the holiday is celebrated more in the United States than in Mexico"Accessed Oct. 30, 2007
  11. ^ In some locations with significant non-Mexican hispanic communities, such as Florida, the celebration has grown to include non-Mexicans. Ahorre.com Accessed May 8, 2007.
  12. ^ "[Cinco de Mayo] gives us an opportunity ... to really get a jump-start on the summer beer-selling season" New York Times Business section; May 2, 2003. Accessed Oct. 30, 2007
  13. ^ "From my perspective as a marketing professional, Cinco de Mayo has morphed into a national holiday designed by Fifth Avenue to sell alcohol and excite consumership around a party-type theme." Accessed May 5, 2007.
  14. ^ "Cinco de Mayo is not just a fiesta anymore, the gringos have taken it on as a good sales pitch." Smithsonian Institution paper Accessed May 8, 2007. "It's a commercial entry point for people who want to penetrate the Latino market," said Felix Gutierrez, a journalism professor at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication in Los Angeles." Ahorre.com Accessed May 8, 2007.
  15. ^ "Cinco de Mayo Skydiving Boogie" Accessed 2008-05-05.
  16. ^ Cayman Cinco de Mayo air guitar Accessed 2008-05-05.
  17. ^ Celebration in Malta. Accessed 2008-05-05.

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