Cinco de Mayo

- Cinco de Mayo is an annual celebration held on May 5 to celebrate Mexico's victory over the Second French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862
- Also called: El Día de la Batalla de Puebla
- Celebrations: Parades, food, music, folkloric dancing, battle reenactments
- Observed by: Mexicans (especially in Puebla), Mexican Americans, and people of non-Mexican heritage
- Particularly popular in southern Arizona