Viva Mexico!

Yesterday was El Dia de la Independencia, September 16.  It celebrates Mexico's own Declaration of Independence from Spain.  It started in Dolores (now Dolores Hidalgo) in 1810 when Miguel Hidalgo, leader of the revolutionaries, gathered everyone in the plaza and, standing on the steps of the church, issued EL Grito, the cry of independence.  That began their war of independence that didn't end until 1821.

Now every year, at 11:00 pm in every municipality, state, and of course in Mexico City, the leaders of those areas re-issue El Grito in commemoration.  We watched the fireworks Friday night from our bedroom terrace, but here's a drone video of the celebrations in the Ajijic plaza, just four blocks from us.

Pueblo Magico




The words of El Grito,

"Viva los héroes que nos dieron Patria , Viva Hidalgo, Viva Morelos, Viva Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, Viva Aldama, Viva Matamoros, Viva Nuestra Independencia, Viva México, Viva México, Viva México."

This afternoon, we're going to walk down to the plaza to see the new art show and then watch the ladies' rebozo parade.  I just checked our old posts and found the post from September 11, 2007 when we went to the Muestra del Rebozos.  The link to other pictures doesn't work any more, but maybe I'll post some of those and some new ones later on.