Thousands gather in Mexico City’s Zócalo to celebrate independence
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Thousands of people filled the Zócalo, Mexico City’s main square, to celebrate the annual Grito de Independencia, the cry for independence.
People arrived from across the country, some wearing traditional clothing from states like Oaxaca, Yucatán, and Veracruz. As evening fell, groups formed around tambora bands and began to dance, including elderly couples over eighty years old dressed in white.
Families also brought their children, some dressed in miniature mariachi outfits, and their pets, including a man with two chihuahua dogs wearing sweaters displaying the Mexican flag. The square glowed with lights from the illuminated Palacio Nacional, Metropolitan Cathedral, and city government buildings, as well as from headbands and decorations worn by attendees. Delia Grajales, accompanied by her mother in a wheelchair, continued a family tradition of visiting the Zócalo before returning home for a traditional September 15th dinner.
Grajales and her family have visited the square every year for the past 42 years.
