Unable to view our graphics? Click here to see them. Food, flowers and altars are necessary components of the celebration. To honor the deceased, foods such as sugar skulls, sweetbread rolls and ...

What is Cinco de Mayo? Cinco de Mayo — Spanish for “Fifth of May” — commemorates the Mexican army’s victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. In 1861 ...

HOUSTON — Mexican Independence Day -- Día de la Independencia ... Like America's 4th of July, the celebration of freedom is a giant fiesta with colorful parades, parties and family gatherings ...

"She's raised in Brooklyn and her mom is going on and on about Día de los Muertos, which is Day of the Dead, and it's a great, beautiful Mexican celebration that we have on the first days in ...