Article: U. Texas area celebrates Mexican Independence Day

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(Daily Texan) (U-WIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- Surrounded by punching trumpets and ripples of green, white and red, more than a thousand Austinites gathered on the Plaza Saltillo Sunday evening to celebrate Mexican Independence Day.

Monday, Diez y Seis de Septiembre, marks the official anniversary of Dia de la Independencia, the day of Mexican independence.

Pedro Angel Aribe, a member of Ballet Folklorico Raices Mexicanas, has come to Austin, Texas, in September for the past five years.

"In Mexico, we celebrate [diez y seis] to the max," Aribe said. "We' re always happy to play here though because the people are nice, and we have gotten to know them."

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