Cinco De-WHAT-O? Find Out What Cinco de Mayo Really Celebrates
3 weeks ago So the weekend is here and you and your friends are all going to go out and celebrate Cinco de Mayo, right? Of COURSE! It's what everyone does on Cinco de Mayo weekends. Pub crawls, ordering your favorite drink by the name "cervesa" just to be cool, cramming down the chips and salsa. Fun word to say, isn't it? "Sallllsaaaa."
But why are you celebrating it? Why, especially, are you celebrating it if you have absolutely no "South of the Border" blood in you at all? Would you celebrate Buddha's Birthday as they do in Korea each May 17? Let me guess: ONLY if there were partying and drinking involved, right?