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Hundreds of participants with full costumes meet in Mexico City on Monday to commemorate the Mexican victory of 1862 over the French forces in the battle of Puebla.
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Dresses as Mexican and French soldiers, recreated the unlikely triumph, when a narrower and more equipped Mexican force defeated the French army best armed under Napoleon III.
The tradition of Mexico City, held annually on May 5 in a popular neighborhood, was transmitted through generations and was appointed cultural heritage by the city government in 2023.
Althegh widely held in the United States as May 5, the date is not an official holiday in Mexico and receives little attention in much of the country.
