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Address: Zocalo and city streets, Mexico City Category: Fair / Festival - Cultural Dates: September 16, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Held on the 16th day of September, this holiday salutes the beginning of the country's war for independence from Spain. Revelry begins the night before, and parties continue well into the night. It's tradition that at 11pm on the 16th, the nation's president recites the Grito de Dolores (Cry of Dolores) and shouts...