Cultural Inaccuracy
 

Today, several hats in Onnet Town celebrating Cinco De Mayo were released in the General Store. Cinco De Mayo celebrates the Mexican Independence from France on the 5th of May, 1862. However, upon entering I noticed something quite strange. Aside from the fact the hats may of not been made in the best quality, in my opinion, they were also inaccurate in holiday. Three of the hats sold there had Skull masks attached to them. I believe the maker misunderstood the what the holiday was because skull masks are worn in Mexico while celebrating Días de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) which falls on November 1st and 2nd. I'm not saying to remove the hats or anything, but I just wanted to point out the mistake made in holiday.

They didn’t get their independence from france.That was just a battle in which the Mexicans beat a much larger French army. Eventually the French took control of mexico a couple years later. The French started attacking mexico because mexico owed them money and told them it wasn’t going to make anymore payments until they had money.

OT: I think its ok to sell anything that has to do with Mexican culture since it only happens one week out of the year.

I think Blueh is right. This is not a day of death!!
And you forgot the donkey mount!! >:((

btw those aint skull mask its just how mexican girls do their makeup

I was wondering this as well, I've made a few cdm hats and wondered if I had missed this skull idea completely. Guess I didn't.

Truth

The vast majority of mexico does not celebrate Cinco De Mayo. It has ironically become an American holiday.... for whatever reason. I don't think they're getting the holiday in its current state mixed up, because it has basically become (From my experience) a "Mexican heritage" day.

Pimpsy is right, we do not celebrate 5 de mayo here. Well we do , but not as celebrated as Independence of mexico.

Thats why Graal should celebrate Mexico independence instead of 5 de mayo.
I miss Nat xd

let the guy from arizona tell you about it....

its a big where i live holiday because the hispanics doubted they would win. Its NOT their day of independence.

its very popular here and i guarantee you have never tasted a tamale as good as what its like here

Decorated skulls are used to symbolize the soldiers who died fighting for their independence. A popular cinco de mayo treat is candy or sugar skulls, but it should belong in day of the dead holiday not cinco de mayo. I think it is just another butchered American holiday, like st. Patricks day. People seem to pull together their own traditions based on cultural stereotypes and celebrations.

From what teachers who lived in Mexico have told me, Cinco de Mayo is completely an American-invented holiday designed to celebrate Mexican culture. Most Mexicans don't celebrate it, and it's source is even thought to be America itself.

A very interesting topic this thread is..i noticed the same thing but for me i could care less, i just think the hats are a let down since last year and even the year before that the hats rocked.

Forgot? Same mounts aren't/shouldn't be released again. If you weren't there for the original mount sale. Tough ****. Don't say they forgot it because they didn't. These items are rare and are ruined when some noob gets the same item. Old items are the only real value now in Graal and if they release old rare items. Then this game is even more **** than it already is. So blow it out your ass. You ain't getting any mount.

DA DA DA!

BACK FROM THE DEAD ASSHOLES

that escalated quickly.

rofl, btw this chick isnt a noob. She was part of the winning team in spring GST, she has a statue in Battle Arena. Sooooooo BLOW IT OUT YO ASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

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ik that she wont get the mount but i just wanted to tell you to blow your own ass :'( :dazed: :D

Yeah - I know a bit about Mexican traditions and wasn't a bit surprised by the items being Mexican cultured stereotypes.

(Good thing the items are decent though - even if most of the furniture is just resold from older cinch de mayos)

any mexican themed holiday and they're gonna make sombreros and mexican themed items

somebody dont know about wikipeda cuase they cant get there facts straight. not indepence day. just a big battle they won aka an excuse to drink a crap load of tequila. and if they wanted to stereo type they could have put a lawn mower mount as well or an event where you have to sneak around a fence and run from the gp. or a chiuaua morph. and why isn t there maraichi music?

what do you call 2 Mexicans playing soccer against each other???
A: Juan on Juan

lmao, but no racism.

There should be a sign, or an NPC explaining the holiday's significance. I find that most players just rush to Onnet and buy the hats, not even giving the themed holiday a second thought. Why not convert that useless guy behind the counter into something of the sort?

or when you enter the store you get a message explaining the holiday/event

That sounds like it could be good for holidays like this and walpurgis xD i had to search it myself.

I like this idea. The NPC that sells the stuff can explain the holiday so you know what it's all about.

Lol this video has nothing to do with your posts so idk why im posting it but its funny

You and your video posts..

I spend to much time on youtube and I like them better than memes.

I like both.

Cinco de Mayo is just a mexican Saint Patricks Day.