Tonight at 11:30 one amazing party is going to break out here in Creel and all over Mexico. It´s the 16th of September, Mexican Independence Day, and the whole country is celebrating. Shortly before midnight on the 15th of September, 1810, Miguel Hidalgo, a Catholic priest in the village of Dolores, ordered the arrest of the Spaniards in the town and then rang the church bells, which would normally announce Mass. When the people came, he issued the famous "El Grito", the Cry of independence. And tonight we´ll hear it re-enacted here in Creel.

You can read about more Mexican Independence Day at the PBS site.