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¡Viva México! See photos as hundreds celebrate Mexican Independence Day in Sacramento

By Hector Amezcua

Hundreds gathered at the Capitol in Sacramento to celebrate Mexican Independence Day on Thursday, marking the moment festive with music and dance.

Known as Grito de Dolores, “the cry of Dolores,” the celebration commemorates the call for independence issued by priest Miguel Hidalgo in the city of Dolores on Sept. 16, 1810.

The Mexican Cultural Center of Northern California, which hosted the event, estimated attendance at 2,000 people.

Angie Alamilla Castillo and Víctor Paez perform a dance from the state of Sinaloa during celebrations of the Mexican Day of Independence at the state Capitol on Thursday evening.
Angie Alamilla Castillo and Víctor Paez perform a dance from the state of Sinaloa during celebrations of the Mexican Day of Independence at the state Capitol on Thursday evening. Hector Amezcua hamezcua@sacbee.com
Sacramento resident Angelbertha Cobb, 90, mother of 19 and a Mexican movie actress who founded the city’s first ballet folklorica, watches the Mexican Day of Independence festivities as Maria Lopez, 70, left, holds the Mexican flag.
Sacramento resident Angelbertha Cobb, 90, mother of 19 and a Mexican movie actress who founded the city’s first ballet folklorica, watches the Mexican Day of Independence festivities as Maria Lopez, 70, left, holds the Mexican flag. Hector Amezcua hamezcua@sacbee.com
Luna Dias, 17, waits to dance with her group Insituto Mazatlan Bellas Artes de Sacramento during a celebration of the Mexican Day of Independence on the west steps of the State Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022.
Luna Dias, 17, waits to dance with her group Insituto Mazatlan Bellas Artes de Sacramento during a celebration of the Mexican Day of Independence on the west steps of the State Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. Hector Amezcua hamezcua@sacbee.com
Abigail Story Perez, 3, plays with a matraca, a wooden spinning rattle, as she and her brother Axel Liam Perez, 8, second from right, celebrate the Mexican Day of Independence at the state Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022.
Abigail Story Perez, 3, plays with a matraca, a wooden spinning rattle, as she and her brother Axel Liam Perez, 8, second from right, celebrate the Mexican Day of Independence at the state Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. Hector Amezcua hamezcua@sacbee.com
Axel Liam Perez, 8, of Sacramento blows a horn during a celebration of the Mexican Day of Independence on the west steps of the state Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022.
Axel Liam Perez, 8, of Sacramento blows a horn during a celebration of the Mexican Day of Independence on the west steps of the state Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. Hector Amezcua hamezcua@sacbee.com
Participants of a celebration of the Mexican Day of Independence gather at the west steps of the State Capitol to celebrate on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022.
Participants of a celebration of the Mexican Day of Independence gather at the west steps of the State Capitol to celebrate on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. Hector Amezcua hamezcua@sacbee.com
Participants in a celebration of the Mexican Day of Independence gather at the state Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022.
Participants in a celebration of the Mexican Day of Independence gather at the state Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. Hector Amezcua hamezcua@sacbee.com
A couple dances as Mariachi Bonitas de Dinorah perform at a celebration of the Mexican Day of Independence on the west steps of the state Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022.
A couple dances as Mariachi Bonitas de Dinorah perform at a celebration of the Mexican Day of Independence on the west steps of the state Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. Hector Amezcua hamezcua@sacbee.com
Sacramento resident Jose Jimenez holds his seven-year-old daughter Azul after she danced with her group Instituto Mazatlan Bellas Artes de Sacramento during the celebration of the Mexican Day of Independence on the west steps of the state Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022.
Sacramento resident Jose Jimenez holds his seven-year-old daughter Azul after she danced with her group Instituto Mazatlan Bellas Artes de Sacramento during the celebration of the Mexican Day of Independence on the west steps of the state Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. Hector Amezcua hamezcua@sacbee.com
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