September the 15th in Mexico.
At
the very beginning of this blog I mentioned that the goal of this space is to
teach Spanish language with grammar, vocabulary, listening and culture, I do
not forget the target that I have and all the things I want to share with you.
For this reason I would like to give you some cultural information; this time
is about the importance of the month of September in Mexico. Why is everybody putting
the Mexican flag in their houses? Why everyone is using Mexican hats? Why
all the cities in Mexico are lighted with green, white and red colors?
Oh
yeah! September arrives and everything means party everywhere! Let’s start with
a little history of this month. September is the month of the independence of
Mexico, just as the forth of July in USA or July the 14th in France,
the Independence Day in Mexico is September the 15th. It was not an
easy independence it took place from September 1810 to September 1821, can you
imagine 11 years fighting for being an independent country? Not easy not easy!
People
who fought for not being under the Spanish kingdom anymore were: Miguel Hidalgo,
Agustin de Iturbide, Vicente Guerrero, Jose María Morelos y Pavón, Josefa Ortíz
de Dominguez, Ignacio Allende, Juan Aldama and more.
September the 15th in Mexico.
At
the very beginning of this blog I mentioned that the goal of this space is to
teach Spanish language with grammar, vocabulary, listening and culture, I do
not forget the target that I have and all the things I want to share with you.
For this reason I would like to give you some cultural information; this time
is about the importance of the month of September in Mexico. Why is everybody putting
the Mexican flag in their houses? Why everyone is using Mexican hats? Why
all the cities in Mexico are lighted with green, white and red colors?
Oh
yeah! September arrives and everything means party everywhere! Let’s start with
a little history of this month. September is the month of the independence of
Mexico, just as the forth of July in USA or July the 14th in France,
the Independence Day in Mexico is September the 15th. It was not an
easy independence it took place from September 1810 to September 1821, can you
imagine 11 years fighting for being an independent country? Not easy not easy!
People
who fought for not being under the Spanish kingdom anymore were: Miguel Hidalgo,
Agustin de Iturbide, Vicente Guerrero, Jose María Morelos y Pavón, Josefa Ortíz
de Dominguez, Ignacio Allende, Juan Aldama and more.
It was a very difficult time but I do not hate anybody from Spain I swear! The independence of Mexico was so long time ago so no hate for anybody, actually I really want to invite you to go to Mexico in September, everything is beautiful and there are so much things to do and eat.
In Guerrero, a state of Mexico, people usually go to Jaripeos; it is a party where you can see riders on bulls and mariachi.
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In september you could be part of these parties. |
¡Viva Hidalgo!
¡Viva Morelos!
¡Viva Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez!
¡Viva la independencia!
¡Viva México, Viva México, Viva México!
This is because of ''El grito de Dolores’’, which means the beginning
of the independence war. Miguel Hidalgo rang the bell of the parish of Dolores (a
city in Guanajuato), with Ignacio Allende y Juan Aldama. Due to this act of
this 3 important people of the independence of Mexico, now days the president
of every city rings the bell and shout the expressions that were mentioned before; everyone
has to yell the same thing after the president does, then a lot of fireworks explode
in the sky, finally everyone goes to a night club with their friend.
I really hope you guys like to know a little bit of Mexican
culture, next month you will know about ''Día de Muertos'' it is not Halloween!
If you want to know something in particular write it in the comments and I will
provide the information best information.
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