welcome to eat Baila travel I'm Jenny this is Kevin we're two Mexican Americans
from Chicago traveling throughout Mexico in search of home and today we're experiencing
our very first grito September 15th and 16 in none other than Mexico
it's crazy packed here just to get in we our bags were served face masks so we got to the
sokolo area around 5 50 and there's already a ton of people tons of people it was already almost
aligned to get in they search your bag no drinks no especially no alcohol drinks allowed and they
don't even sell alcoholic drinks around here so it's gonna be once overnight it's all good
because there's tacos because there's uh still two and a half hours before the festivities start we
have to make sure that we are prepared to bring these facilities in with some taquitos like the
most Mexican way possible so we're gonna check out this place we decided to come here because
it's still in Los Zocalo grounds so we don't have to leave the grounds but there are good
lines like to go to the bathroom there's a black long line to get tacos there's half
a block by good lines he means bad lines like long yeah but they're healthy life they're long
I've ever wondered why we do breakfast house because it was part of the colors flag s
oh you look so pretty with your red white and green look green what green white red Brown
super pack it's ready say almost 200 000 people assist currently the total are closed by 6 15. uh
we're not letting anybody in and it's a good thing because this place is one of the performers today
before the grito is Los Tigres del Norte which is one of the biggest Norteno bands out of Mexico
they are internationally known for over like 20 30 years so it's kind of a big deal the stages to our
left we're looking up north and you have the so color in front hey everybody's just jamming up to
get a scene of the theaters in Norco they're going to start in about half an hour this is insane
all right it is eight o'clock we have 30 minutes left until Showtime as if
they even start on time in the meantime the crowd it just keeps getting heavier
and heavier yeah we're not winning too bad yeah let's hope it doesn't get worse
foreign
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Mexico
we even was Pueblos indicators Mexico
Viva Mexico
foreign
good morning and Friday September 16th
which was actually last night but today is the parade day and this feeling is starting in just
a few minutes about 30 and if you can tell I'm by myself Kevin's staying back to work
so it's just gonna be me and you for the parade today thanks for keeping me company and another
thing can you tell that everyone around me is going in the opposite direction yeah so
I'm gonna try something a little bit different I'm gonna go to the end of the parade where I
think the parade is ending and that's at the soccer most people are going to Cinco de Mayo
but there are many places to see this parade and I'm just trying to figure out what to do
by my lonesome thank you all right let's try it for a second shoot my plan back higher so
you're not allowed into the socalo unless you have tickets ticketed area now let's see where
I end up I'm gonna try to go to one of them other main streets the question I would have
to have a crowd to begin with so I found a spot here the further you go towards the end of the
parade the more space there is and is that a decent view I'm not front row necessarily
this video is brought to you by just kidding they're not sponsoring this video but I am
drinking this to stay hydrated if you're not familiar with Electro lead it's the equivalent
of Pedialyte in the U.S it's become one of my favorite drinks out here pretty much because when
you're super sweaty or just hung over or super thirsty this is a really great way it's starting
and of course it is a military parade so the first people you see are the military at all right
look who finally decided to join me what do we have here
right walking around trying the trash and there's this little boy that asks his mom
mom why are we at War I'm like it's not war it's just afraid very different experience
they've never I never I've never married is it like like image to the strength of the nation
it just like trying to show how to tough they can be
they had airplanes flying around which
one it's exciting because you see something you don't see every day
what do you all think about the military parade I was hoping personally for like
dancing and Parade floats and like you know more colorful cultural and but those are
what we're used to back in like the same time you go to Chicago foreign
it's really interesting to see so many people are excited so it's not just about commemorating a
past event it feels I think the one of the reasons that Mexicans are some of the most patriotic
people um is because they continue taking that forward and I really I really love that about
Mexico it's uh being Mexican is something you carry with you and you you Propel it to the world
because it's a beautiful thing I have to stop and get me one of these I've been seeing them all over
that everybody's cheering for me to eat this yeah
I think that I've noticed from this experience
you know all the parade everybody's so prideful happy and joyful I think the message sent out by
the President yesterday was kind of cool because he was calling the death to racism classism just
being able to acknowledge that it exists in Mexico and I had to try and throw it under the rug it's
kind of it's kind of cool and that's right that Joy of people like thousands of people yelling out
it's like said it was so much pride yes Mexico is developing very slowly but it's getting to
a point it's not the Mexico that we knew 30 years ago 35 years ago and you can feel it
in the atmosphere and the culture in the innovations that there's in this country
such a beautiful country and that's what I've Loved about this entire experience
one huge mistake we made for coming here is not bringing a ladder we had we brought
a ladder we would have had great views of this break and not had to be here too early
it's time bring a ladder put it in your luggage and where those kids that are up to
Well everybody's out enjoying the parade we're out here enjoying all the
holidays it looks amazing hmm
size of my teeth we're happy now
oh look a parade this kid came ready he is this Parade's number one fan
I mean that's one way to recruit seriously how
the hell are they getting up there I saw some on trees too
oh God look at all the eagles foreign
a lot of people hanging out here in Alameda I think there's some sort of street performer going
on over there I hear some music that's in front of me there's so much to enjoy on this day with
so many people feeling so happy there are things everywhere there's a ton of people of course it's
a national holiday people are off today so hey everybody's gonna be out I look forward to coming
back to Alameda tonight to dance because a lot of groups bring out their boom boxes and people
start dancing salsa cumbia even the horses are decorated with red white and green they're so cute
and that's the end of the parade
just a year ago today we were celebrating Guanajuato the very same place where Miguel
Hidalgo gave the very first Cry of Independence launching the revolution a year ago when we're in
Dolores Hidalgo we found out that the original bill that Dolores rang is actually here in the
socalo of Mexico so we dreamed of being here a year ago and we're so happy that this dream
came true the experience was very interesting and we're so happy that you got to experience
it with us uh it was interesting because we've never seen so much people everybody's so excited
everybody's hyped the ticket at the North they were a blast it's like a dream come true to see
these guys when we grew up listening to Los Tigres del Norte so have been being able to
see it in the soccer and the most important square of Mexico was so awesome so we hope
you enjoyed this video seeing it from our eyes and our experience hopefully next
time come back and maybe they have a little bit more Cumbia so can dance a little bit
or who knows where we'll be celebrated El grito next year thanks for joining us ciao