Cinco De Mayo

We got to Palenque (in the state of Chiapas) just in time for Cinco De Mayo, which I might add, we were excited to be in Mexico for this famous holiday. Oddly enough we realized that Cinco de Mayo is a holiday presently more celebrated in the U.S. than in Mexico. It is big in the town of Puebla where Mexico beat the French in 1862, but outside of that region, it is barely recognized. Somehow the 5th of May has become a rather large celebration in the US, where it has come to represent Mexican culture (foods, dancing, etc.).