Quote:Interesting.  I guess parts of California are different that what I'm used to.

 

I grew up in the southwest (Albuquerque, N.M.) and I don't recall ever any Cinco de Mayo celebrations.  I am an American of Mexican Heritage (I refuse to use the term "Mexican-American" to describe myself).  Cinco de Mayo never meant anything to us.  Most Fiestas (celebrations) revolved around our church calendar.  The only Hispanic custom that we have/had was <a class="bbc_url" href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincea%C3%B1era'>Quinceañera</a> which is a celebration of when a girl turns 15 marking when she turns from a girl to a woman.

  

Quote:I spent my college years in Phoenix, and, no joke, the only Cinco de Mayo celebrations I ever saw were middle-aged white people getting trashed on margaritas, tequila and Corona Light. Granted, I wasn't exactly driving through the predominantly Latino parts of town, but I never got the impression that Mexican-Americans particularly cared about Cinco de Mayo.

I think it's probably its own unique thing in Central Ca. It's not really a Mexican Independence celebration, nor a celebration of the Battle of Puebla - it's more of a general celebration of culture and heritage. I certainly can't say what happens in the Southwest, but I can tell you we have a very healthy population of Mexican-Americans here and it gets celebrated.


I'm curious JIB, what you meant by you suspect how this is going to go?

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