A fireworks show lights up the night sky above Mexico's Palacio Nacional in a bicentennial celebration of Mexico's independence from Spain.

A fireworks show lights up the night sky above Mexico's Palacio Nacional in a bicentennial celebration of Mexico's independence from Spain.
　　Tens of thousands of Mexicans thronged into the streets on Wednesday to celebrate the nfl jerseybicentenary of Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.

　　Planes painted the sky with the national colors of green, white and red as thousands of Mexico City residents watched a huge parade down the main Reforma avenue heading football jerseyto a nighttime fireworks display at the huge Zocalo central square.
　
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celebrations took place across the country to the sounds of mariachimusic, fireworkspittsburgh steelers jersey and with streets lined with Mexican flags.
　
　　Some revelers wore straw sombreros and stick-on mustaches, poking fun at a national stereotype, while the government sought to promote a more tennessee titans jerseyserious side with an open-air philharmonic orchestra.
　
　　Shortly before midnight, President Felipe Calderon gave the famous cry of the call to arms, known as "El Grito," in Mexico City, echoed by state governors and mayors new orleans saints jersey
in desert and jungle towns and cities across Mexico.
　　
　　"Viva Mexico!" is a current-day twist on rebel priest Miguel Hidalgo's original call to arms in 1810. Mexicans eventually achieved their independence from Spain in 1821.
　　
　　Despite a slow recoverynew york giants jersey
from last year's deep recession, many cities organized dazzling celebrations, with eight metric tons of fireworks for Mexico City alone, which lit up the city center.San Francisco 49ers jersey Mexican media put the party's cost at $40 million.