WATCH: Mexicans celebrate Independence Day with a riot of colorful costumes

Mexicans gathered in the capital’s Zocalo square on Friday evening ahead of Saturday’s Independence Day celebrations, which were kicked off by “El Grito” – President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s traditional cry of independence.

It is a commemoration of the day in September 1810 when a Catholic priest, Miguel Hidalgo y Costillo, known as Padre Hidalgo, made the first request for independence from Spain.

In Zinacantan, southern Mexico, indigenous people celebrate Independence Day by placing an image of Hidalgo on an altar, lighting candles and decorating it with flower arrangements

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Adriana Lima (Brazilian Portuguese: [adɾiˈãnɐ ˈlimɐ]; born June 12, 1981) is a Brazilian model and actress, best known as a Victoria's Secret Angel from 1999 to 2018. She was the longest-running model and named "the most valuable Victoria's Secret Angel" in 2017. She is also known as a spokesmodel for Maybelline cosmetics since 2003, and for her Super Bowl and Kia Motors commercials. At age 15, Lima won Ford's "Supermodel of Brazil" competition, and took second place the following year in the Ford "Supermodel of the World" competition before signing with Elite Model Management in New York City.