Holaa todos!
2010 is a special year for Mexico. 200 years ago the Independence movement started in Dolores, Hidalgo by a priest called Miguel Hidalgo and a group of criollos (children of Spanish but born in Mexico). Another important thing this year is that it has been a century since the Mexican revolution.
Even before this year started, the government started making a lot of publicity for many events in commemoration of this historic year. There were many cultural and social events in many important places in the country. The main event is the grito on the 15th night. The most important grito will be given by the president in Mexico City.
This year apart from the all the events; we had the longest Puente (it’s when we don’t go to school for several days because an important event’s date fell on a week day) ever; we just went to school Monday and Tuesday.
At school, we had a kermes for the Independence Day. The seniors of junior high school and high school were in charge of everything. In each classroom there were 5 teams and each team was to sell something typically Mexican. My team sold duros preparados, cake and we had the civil registration. We had a laugh with this because we made soooo many funny things to get all our things sold. Some of my friends sold; ice-pop sticks, quesadillas (it’s like chapatti with melted cheese), fruit juice and so.
Later the next day, appamma and I went to Valeria’s house for the grito. There we met Vero’s, Diana’s and the twins Maya and Kenya’s family. The parents stayed in the house talking while we went to the plazita to play and talk. We had a lot of fun!
