Cinco de Mayo

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Mexican holiday cultural celebration holiday

Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican holiday that commemorates the 1862 victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla and is widely celebrated, especially in the United States, as a festival of Mexican culture and heritage.

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Cinco de Mayo celebrations 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mexican holiday ⓘ
cultural celebration ⓘ
holiday ⓘ
associatedWith Mexican-American culture ⓘ
commercial promotions ⓘ
folk dancing ⓘ
mariachi bands ⓘ
music ⓘ
parades ⓘ
public festivals ⓘ
traditional Mexican food ⓘ
calendarSystem Gregorian calendar (Western churches) ⓘ
surface form: Gregorian calendar
commemorates Battle of Puebla ⓘ
Mexican victory over French forces ⓘ
commemorationYear 1862 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Mexico ⓘ
culturalFocusInUS Latino identity ⓘ
Mexican heritage ⓘ
date May 5 ⓘ
dayOfYear 5 May ⓘ
follows May 4 ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
historicalEventCountry Mexico ⓘ
historicalEventLocation Puebla ⓘ
historicalEventYear 1862 ⓘ
independenceDayOf none ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
linkedTo Chicano movement ⓘ
beer marketing campaigns ⓘ
literalMeaningOfName Fifth of May ⓘ
majorCelebrationIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
notToBeConfusedWith Mexican Independence Day ⓘ
observedIn Canada ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

various countries ⓘ
oftenMisconstruedAs Mexican Independence Day ⓘ
opponentInBattle Second Empire of France ⓘ
surface form: Second French Empire
popularizedInUSDuring 20th century ⓘ
precedes May 6 ⓘ
primaryMexicanObservanceLocation Puebla ⓘ
surface form: city of Puebla

Puebla ⓘ
surface form: state of Puebla
significanceInMexico regional holiday ⓘ
typeOfCelebration celebration of Mexican culture ⓘ
celebration of Mexican heritage ⓘ
victoriousSide Mexican forces ⓘ
workStatusInMexico not a federal public holiday nationwide ⓘ
public holiday in Puebla ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mexican forces → associatedWithEvent → Cinco de Mayo ⓘ
Olvera Street → celebrates → Cinco de Mayo ⓘ
Battle of Puebla → commemoratedBy → Cinco de Mayo ⓘ
subject surface form: Ignacio Zaragoza
this entity surface form: Cinco de Mayo celebrations
Puebla → commemoratedBy → Cinco de Mayo ⓘ
Mexican forces → commemoratedOn → Cinco de Mayo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cinco de Mayo celebrations
Independence Day → distinctFrom → Cinco de Mayo ⓘ
subject surface form: Independence Day (Mexico)
this entity surface form: Cinco de Mayo celebrations