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Special Events Semana Santa (Holy Week), 8-15 Apr 2001 Día del Trabajo (Labour Day), 1 May Día de la madre (Mother's Day celebrations), 10 May Día de la Independencia (commemoration of the start of Mexico's war for independence with Spain; thousands of people gather in the Zócalo the night before to hear the president recite the Grito de Dolores (Cry of Dolores) and ring the ceremonial Bell of Dolores), 16 Sep Día de la Raza (commemoration of Columbus' discovery of the Americas), 12 Oct Día de Todos Santos (All Saints' Day), 1 Nov Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) (souls of the dead are believed to return to the earth; families build altars in their homes and lay beautifully decorous garlands on the graves of their loved ones), 2 Nov, Zócalo Día de la Revolución (anniversary of the 1910 Mexican Revolution), 20 Nov Día de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (Patron Saint's Day), 12 Dec |
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