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test one to test test one to test when I
first heard the story about grito I
almost couldn't believe it I mean the
idea that this priest in this small town
in central Mexico woke up in the middle
of the night and started ringing the
church bell and then the whole town
comes out and the priest gives this
passionate speech about how Mexico needs
to be free from the Spanish and they
need to fight for their own independence
and that that was the moment that
started the war that led to the
independence of Mexico I mean it's it's
it's like something out of a movie isn't
it mas que nosotros and maybe because I
built it up into such a big moment I
thought I have to make an awesome video
about this I have to I have to do
something special which is why I spent a
long time thinking about this video I
mean how grito was over two weeks ago
now as some of you have noticed I mean
what can I say guys I I just want to
make a good video but I think what I've
realized is that instead of overthinking
it I should just show you what I
experienced and that experience actually
started the night before out grito so
here's my video here's what happened and
I hope you enjoy ok guys it is September
14th
Mexico City Sao Paulo
and the party hasn't quite started but
it is getting ready every day it seems
like there's more excitement more
decorations more people now it is only
two days before
Mexico is independent I'm a few people
as you can see the intensity just keeps
on continuing today is actually two days
before Mexico's independence day which
is on September 16th it's the 14th but
as you can see I mean looks like there's
at least a couple thousand people in
front of us
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next to the cathedral you can see a
stage of course this is my first
Independence Day in Mexico so I don't
know exactly what will be happening on
the stage but I imagine that's that
would be like the heart of the
celebration there's some street food
here too I think now he's gonna get a
snack what are you gonna get Inari
lattes
now the next morning we actually had a
cool experience we met up with kinetic
cannons for breakfast
okay it's crazy out there in it yeah
good times
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and then it was pretty much just waiting
for the party at night I didn't want to
get to so close to early because I knew
it was gonna be a long night
el burrito doesn't happen till 11 p.m.
but around 8:30 we decided to go inside
and as you can imagine there were a lot
of people okay this is it
Saturday nights El grito
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the party was fun I didn't know any of
the bands who were playing on the stage
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but then I think about half an hour
before the president was meant to appear
the police opened up a new section of
the crowd and you saw all these people
running away from the stage and towards
the presidential palace in anticipation
for El grito suddenly the music stopped
and everyone was waiting for the
president to come out and I'll never
forget how quiet it was
and you can tell something big was about
to happen and then
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now Greg I know I know you've probably
talked about this in your video but
you've experienced a great though once
before twice before and what about after
we first one is when we first moved to
Mexico like a month in yeah how does
this compare to that experience this is
you can't compare anything to this I
mean in by if I gotta was as good as it
can get for there I mean everybody
converges on the local square but I mean
Mexico City the largest most populated
city in all of Mexico it's just insane
and there's nothing I mean I think the
closest comparison we've come up with is
like a Times Square on New Year's Eve
but it's like if that were 4th of July
you add in the patriotism no it's just a
lot of good energy
it is a very touching moment especially
when the president is up there chanting
and all the people are chanting back
it's it's I feel like I don't fully
understand it because I'm not a Mexican
but at the same time you can feel the
passion and you can feel the emotion and
I mean I saw tears in people's eyes you
can see what it means to the Mexicans
who are here right so that was the very
emotional moment for me I can tell what
an important night this is for the
culture for the people and yeah just
what an amazing tradition this was Viva
Mexico you know one of the reasons I've
spent two weeks thinking about this
video before releasing it is that I
wanted time to figure out what al grito
meant to me and what that moment meant
to me and I wish I could sit here and
say something really profound and you
know totally explain Mexican
Independence Day but I can't all I can
tell you is that you know in my country
Canada we also got independence from
from Britain but but our independence
came by signing one document that kind
of gave us independence but not quite
and then 50 years later signing another
document and in 50 years later another
document and then like eventually we
were free but Mexico wasn't like that
Mexico had to fight for their
independence and a lot of the people who
led that fight were were killed the
priests in the town of Dolores who who
first made that cry al grito the cry for
independence I mean
I believe he was shot and killed he was
a martyr for the cause of Mexico and I
think to some extent it feels like
Mexico has always been fighting at
Mexico fought against the United States
in the mexican-american war they fought
for their independence you know I'm not
trying to get too dark but obviously
Mexico still has problems with drug
trafficking and other issues that
they're still fighting for still
fighting to make Mexico the country
everyone wants it to be and I just feel
like our grito is a chance to to
remember that fight and to to remember
the people who have been lost in that
fight the people who continue that fight
today and also thinking about the future
of Mexico as well if you guys have
experienced a grito or you have any
insights about it that I haven't shared
in this video any any fun facts or any
like history lessons please let me know
in the comments because as you can see
I'm still trying to figure out what that
moment means to Mexico and also to me I
don't have all the answers here guys I'm
just a Canadian in Mexico trying to
understand this culture and the more
time I spend here the more I know that I
don't know and I'll never forget
experiencing I'll grito in Mexico City
it was just a really special moment
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as always guys I'm Dan from the new
Travel see you next time
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