PRE Cinco de mayo event

Greetings:

Let this humble email serve as a personal invitation for all neighbors to participate in this tradition coming from the villages in Puebla. Food and participation are free but the best part are the costumes, a true celebration!

Feel free to use and circulate as much of the following info as appropriate:


The Grand Carnival arrives in Philadelphia in the PRE Cinco de mayo event

Carnival dancers in full costume continue the centuries old tradition of representing the various warriors of the 5 May 1863 confrontations: French soldiers (Zapadores) and their mercenaries (Turcos and Zuavos) vs. the community militia (Zacapoaxtlas and Indios). Who wins?

The carnival includes the reenactment by those who defended the poor (Los bandidos de Rio Frio) by taking from the rich. Of course, the governor's daughter, La Dama, falls in love with the robber's leader, el Charro Negro. Will she marry him? Will she elope? Come find out!

Sunday April 29th Starts out as a Block Party
Noon to 3 at 5th and Mifflin St.
At 3 PM sharp the dancers will march north on 5th Street to arrive at Sacks Park at 5th and Federal

Banda La Morena

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San Mateo Carnavalero