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Cinco de Mayo

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1.   patio    a hanging, colorful container holding candies, fruits, and toys. To get the goodies you must break it with a sturdy stick!    a spicy sauce of tomatoes, onions, and peppers. Eaten with tortilla chips!    small donkey; more widely known as a flour tortilla folded around a meat filling.    open courtyard

2.   chili    gorge, ravine    red pepper    party    the condition of being successful or thriving

3.   burrito    an exhibition of cowboy skills    to remember or mark by a ceremony    small donkey; more widely known as a flour tortilla folded around a meat filling.    this large, round, red, pulpy fruit is often called a vegetable. It is one of the main ingredients in salsa!

4.   canyon    a thin corn or flour pancake used as a base in many Mexican dishes.    village, town    gorge, ravine    donkey

5.   tomato    avocado dip    wild, untamed horse    this large, round, red, pulpy fruit is often called a vegetable. It is one of the main ingredients in salsa!    small, hardy horse

6.   tortilla    plateau    hot pepper    a thin corn or flour pancake used as a base in many Mexican dishes.    Mexican hat

7.   sierra    mud brick dried by the sun, used to build small homes    mountain range    open courtyard    red pepper

8.   burro    donkey    the number "five"    the number "five"    small, hardy horse

9.   mesa    Mexican hat    plateau    wild, untamed horse    this large, round, red, pulpy fruit is often called a vegetable. It is one of the main ingredients in salsa!

10.   guacamole    small donkey; more widely known as a flour tortilla folded around a meat filling.    avocado dip    red pepper    a hanging, colorful container holding candies, fruits, and toys. To get the goodies you must break it with a sturdy stick!

11.   jalapeño    donkey    hot pepper    avocado dip    to remember or mark by a ceremony

12.   pueblo    mountain range    mud brick dried by the sun, used to build small homes    village, town    an exhibition of cowboy skills