Celebrating Cinco de Mayo
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The annual National Cinco de Mayo Festival on the Mall in Washington took place on a day as brilliant as the costumes of the performers.
May 5, 2013 Christian Crevoisier, 7, of Centreville gets a salsa dancing lesson during the National Cinco de Mayo Festival on the Mall in Washington. Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican holiday -- it commemorates the Battle of Puebla in 1862, when a Mexican army defeated a French invasion force -- but the annual festival in the District celebrates cultures from across Latin America. Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post
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