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This day (English: "Anniversary of the Constitution") commemorates the Constitution of 1917, promulgated after the Mexican Revolution on February 5. Article 74 of the Mexican federal labor law (Ley Federal del Trabajo) provides that the first Monday of February (regardless of the date) will be an official holiday in Mexico marking this occasion. [1]
Sabritas was founded in 1943 by Pedro Antonio Marcos Noriega as Golosinas y Productos Selectos in Mexico City. [1] It produced and sold potato chips, corn chips and snacks, and relied on a small distribution network which was mostly bicycle-based.
Día del Niño Honors all the children. It is not a state holiday. May 10 Mother's Day: Día de las Madres Honors all the mothers throughout the country. It is not a state holiday. May 15 Teacher's Day: Día del Maestro Honors all the teachers throughout the country. It is often celebrated on the Monday before May 15. It is not a state holiday ...
The Fiesta del Charco tries to represent and pay homage to the way of life of the Canarian ancestors. This celebration revives an ancient indigenous people fishing technique called embarbascada, which included pouring sap from plants such as cardon or tabaiba to cause a sedative effect on the fish in the puddles of the coast and, thus, to be able to capture them more easily with the hands.
Charro Days Fiesta; jointson, Arizona — End of August (Celebrates the founding of Tucson—Presidio de San Agustín del Tucsón—as well as honoring the saint.) La Fiesta de los Vaqueros; Tucson, Arizona — last weekend in February; The Fiesta in Santa Barbara, California; Fiesta Mexicana [1] in Topeka, Kansas, July, a 5-day festival
Las Posadas derives from the Spanish word posada (lodging, or accommodation) which, in this case, refers to the inn from the Nativity story. It uses the plural form as the celebration lasts for a nine-day interval (called the novena) during the Christmas season, which represents the nine-month pregnancy [3] [4] of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ.
The Fiestas del Pilar are an annual festival celebrated in the city of Zaragoza, Aragon, in honour of the patron saint of the city, the Virgen del Pilar (Our Lady of the Pillar). The week long festival takes place every year, usually, beginning the weekend of or before 12 October , and lasts until the following Sunday.
The forest in March 2007. The Forest of Remembrance (Spanish: Bosque del Recuerdo), formerly known as the Forest of the Departed (Bosque de los Ausentes), [1] is a memorial garden located in the park of Parque del Buen Retiro in Madrid, Spain that commemorates the 191 civilian victims of the 2004 Madrid train bombings on 11 March 2004 and the special forces agent who died when the seven ...