BEAUMONT, Texas — Monday marks the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month, but members of the Hispanic community in Beaumont began celebrating early with pride and joy for their homeland.

Independence Day for Mexico is September 16, and one local group chose to celebrate in a special way known to those in the north as a cabalgata .

“ Las cabalgatas son una tradición mexicana que viene de lo que es la charrería . (There are different types of cabalgatas in this occasion this is a commemorative cabalgata),” said Carmen Zamudio, event director.

On Saturday morning, the organization Migrantes Hidalgo , along with Rancho Los Ramirez , hosted their second annual cabalgata to celebrate Mexico’s independence early.

The cabalgata consisted of more than a dozen people riding horses, 4-whee

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