PIÑATAS!

By Don Fantástico

Hello foxies!

It´s me again with a little article about Piñatas. 

Piñatas are colorful figures made from a clay pot covered with paper mache and filled with candy, fruit and peanuts. 
To properly enjoy a party with a piñata, it is important to suspend it from a rope. Blind-folded children take turns hitting it with a decorated stick until it breaks and the candy falls to the ground. Kids hastily grab as much candy as they can.

HISTORY AND MEANING OF LA PIÑATA

La piñata by Diego Rivera

Piñatas were born at the same time of the posadas around 1586 (Christmas catholic celebrations). Marco Polo was said to have brought the piñata from China on one of his trips. 

Marco Polo breaking the Piñata

The original piñata has a star shape with seven points. Each point represents the seven sins and the bright color represents temptation. The blindfold stands for faith and the stick is the will-power to overcome sin. The candy inside the piñata symbolizes the riches of the kingdom of heaven. While the piñata is being swung at by michievous children, a song is sung:

Dale, dale, dale

no pierdas el tino

porque si lo pierdes

pierdes el camino

ya le diste uno

ya le diste dos

ya le diste tres

y tu tiempo se acabó

¡Se acabó!

The Guinness world record for largest Piñata.

Translation

Hit, hit, hit, 

Don´t lose your aim

Because if you lose it

You will lose your own way

You hit it once

you hit it twice

you hit it tree times

and your time is up

¡Is up!

PIÑATAS TODAY

Through time piñatas became a fundamental element of every child's birthday. Nowadays, there are piñatas in a huge variety of shapes and materials.

Cartoon characters

Fun!

Making a piñata is simple and very fun!

Here is a link with information about how to make your own piñata. 

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Traditional-Pinata

See you next post!

Don Fantástico