It showed me the Mexican culture and that's what Cinco de Mayo is really about, said Castro's 10-year-old granddaughter Carmelita Rodriguez as she watched a group of Aztec dancers strut by in feathered headdresses and sparkling outfits.
Cinco de Mayo began as a commemoration for Mexico's victory over French forces in the Battle of Puebla in 1862, but has morphed into a celebration of Mexican-American pride.
For Bernadette Guzman, the parade was a chance to connect with a culture she never grew up with. My dad was born and Mexico and lives there, but I never went out there to visit, said Guzman, who brought her nine-year-old daughter, Georgiana, to the parade.
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