Everything about The Grito De Dolores totally explained
The
Grito de Dolores ("Cry of Dolores") was the
battle cry of the
Mexican War of Independence, uttered on
September 16 1810 by
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a
Roman Catholic priest from the small town of
Dolores, near
Guanajuato.
The Event
Hidalgo and several educated
criollos were involved in a planned revolt against the
Spanish colonial government, and when the plotters were betrayed, he declared that war should be waged against the Spaniards. Just before the dawn of
September 16, 1810, Hidalgo ordered the church bells to be rung and gathered his congregation. He addressed the people in front of his church, encouraging them to revolt. The exact words of the speech are lost; however, a variety of "reconstructed versions" have been published. Hidalgo is believed to have cried: "Long live
Our Lady of Guadalupe [asymbol of the
Amerindians' faith], death to bad government, and death to the gachupines [theSpaniards]!" The resulting Battle of Dolores, the first engagement of the Insurgency, occurred 12 days later, with the massacre of the entire colonial garrison of the town, more than 500 Spanish and Criollo loyalist soldiers. The insurgents suffered more than 2000 casualties. Mexico's independence would finally be recognized by the Spanish crown on
September 27, 1821, after a decade of war.
Remembrance
This event has since assumed an almost
mythopoeic status.
Since the late 19th century, Hidalgo y Costilla's "battle cry" has become emblematic of Mexican independence. Each year on the night of
September 15, the
President of Mexico re-enacts the event by ringing the bells of the
National Palace in
Mexico City. He repeats a cry of patriotism based upon the "Grito de Dolores" from the balcony of the palace, to the assembled crowd in the
Plaza de la Constitución, or
Zócalo, one of the largest public plazas in the world. This event draws up to half a million spectators. On the dawn of
September 16, or Independence Day, the national
military parade starts in the Zócalo, passes the Hidalgo Memorial and ends on the
Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City's main boulevard.
Independence Day is considered a patriotic holiday, or
fiesta patria (literally,
motherland holiday).
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