Month: April 2023
Apr
11
Top events to celebrate Cinco de Mayo in London 2023
by Viridiana Marin Marin Many people believe that Cinco de Mayo, the fifth of May, is Mexico’s Independence Day, but they are wrong! Cinco de Mayo is a holiday celebrating the Mexican Army’s victory over France at the Battle of Puebla in 1862 during the Franco-Mexican War, and has become a major annual celebration of […]
Apr
05
Cinco de Mayo Fiesta… pero sigo siendo El Rey
La Batalla de Puebla ‘El Rey’ style this coronation weekend with an evening of fine Mexican and Latin party sounds headlined by the powerful Son Jarocho group, Chapulines, mixing traditional Mexican music with Caribbean and rumba grooves. The band was formed in Mexico at the shore of the beautiful lagoon of Bacalar after a musical encounter […]