Every year on May 5, people across the United States gather to celebrate the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo. Here’s what to know about the holiday—and how it became more widely celebrated in the U.S. than it is in Mexico
Cinco de Mayo gained its first popularity in the U.S. in the 1950s and 1960s, partly because of an outpouring of brotherly love,National Geographic"The reason it became more popular was in part because of the Good Neighbor policy," he said, referring to a U.S. government effort at the time to reach out to neighboring countries.Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.
At the same time, Cinco de Mayo was transformed from a strictly nationalist celebration to a bicultural event that expressed Mexican Americans identity, Alamillo said. This, Alamillo said, is when the meaning of Cinco de Mayo changed from community self-determination to a drinking holiday for many people.
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