print email comment close Mexico and Its Culture: Día de la Raza URL: http://zedillo.presidencia.gob.mx/welcome/PAGES/culture/note_12oct.html Description: "In Mexico, October 12th is a national holiday known as Día de la Raza or Day of the Race. This date is honored in other countries as Columbus Day and under other names, but the event it commemorates and the way in which it is observed have become quite controversial." This site provides a historical overview of this holiday. From the website of a former president of Mexico, Ernesto Zedillo. Extra Keywords dia Library of Congress Subject Headings: Columbus Day Hispanic Americans -- History Holidays -- Mexico LII Database Information: Record 20785 created by Maria Brandt on 02/28/2006 Last modification on 08/31/2006 Published: 03/02/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/20785