{"id":15615,"date":"2025-09-11T05:06:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T04:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=15615"},"modified":"2026-02-18T18:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T18:30:11","slug":"hola-culture-ep-2-fiesta-de-la-independencia-en-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/blog\/hola-culture-ep-2-fiesta-de-la-independencia-en-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Hola Culture Ep.2: Fiesta de la Independencia en M\u00e9xico \ud83c\udfa7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>S<span data-sheets-root=\"1\">panish Conversation Podcast<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In our \u201cHola Culture\u201d podcast series, you\u2019ll listen to Kwiziq teachers Inma and Silvia\u2018s light-hearted chats in Spanish about fun and interesting topics. To help you practice your listening skills, these podcasts will often be accompanied by some useful vocab, grammar lessons and interesting links to go further! 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Streets fill with music, fireworks, flags, decorations and traditional food. Families gather to celebrate and mark the occasion with the symbolic <strong>Grito de Dolores<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico\u2019s Independence Day is not the same as <em>Cinco de Mayo<\/em>. The real national holiday is celebrated on September 16th, marking the moment known as the <em>\u201cGrito de Dolores\u201d<\/em>. This symbolic cry for freedom was led by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, calling the people to rise up against Spanish rule. Today, the event is re-enacted every year at midnight, as governors and the president shout <em>\u201c\u00a1Viva M\u00e9xico!\u201d<\/em> from balconies across the country.<\/p>\n<h3>\ud83d\udcda Some vocabulary: Mexican Independence Day<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>la independencia \u2013 independence<\/li>\n<li>el Grito de Dolores \u2013 the Cry of Dolores (historic call to arms in 1810)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a1Viva M\u00e9xico! \u2013 Long live Mexico! 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