At Villa del Palmar Cancun, we had everything in place to make your feel truly Mexican for the day in celebration of Mexican Independence!
September 15, 2014 was a day to remember at Villa del Palmar Cancun. As Mexico officially celebrates Independence from Spain each year on September 15/16, the whole month of September turns into a season of street parties, red, white and green banners and Mexican flags.
Mexico’s Independence
By 1810, what is now known as Mexico had been under Spanish rule for nearly three centuries since 1521. No doubt influenced by the Declaration of Independence in the United States and the French Revolution, discontent against Spanish domination came to boiling point around the turn of the nineteenth century.
The start of Mexican Independence is attributed to priest Miguel Hidalgo and captains Ignacio Allende and Juan Aldama who incited the population of the town of Dolores to rise against the Viceroyalty of New Spain, shouting: “¡Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe! ¡Abajo el mal gobierno! ¡Viva Fernando VII!” (Long live the Virgin of Guadalupe! Down with the bad government! Long live Fernando VII!) This event took place in the morning on September 16, 1810 and is known today as the “Grito de Dolores” (Shout of Dolores) and is considered to be the beginning of the process that would lead to Mexico’s Independence.
However, Mexico was only officially recognized by the rest of the world as an independent new state in 1821, 11 years after the Dolores uprising, when the Declaration of Independence was signed and the Trigarante Army headed by Agustin Iturbide and Vicente Guerrero marched into Mexico City marking the end of the struggle for independence.
To celebrate this special day, Villa del Palmar Cancun offered a special selection of Mexican treats to make sure guests entered into the patriotic fervor.
- • Typical Mexican Food Buffet (Zamá Restaurant)
- • Mexican Games (mechanical bull, marbles, Mexican lottery, balloons etc.)
- • Mexican Folk dancing Show.
- • Traditional Mexican “Shout” of Independence (El Grito)
- • Breaking of piñatas
