INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT PIÑATA'S
In Mexico, the piñata is traditionally shaped like a seven-pointed star. It represents the devil and the seven deadly sins; hitting it with the stick makes him let go of the good things he has taken hold of. The piñata in Mexico is a symbol of hope and of new beginnings.
Around Christmas in Mexico, wrapped candies, peanuts, guavas, oranges, jicamas ,(sweet root vegetable) sugar cane, and tejocotes (a kind of crab apple) stuff piñatas. Some types of piñatas called traps, are stuffed with flour, confetti or 'flowery water'. Any child without a treat after the goodies are gathered from the ground is given a little basket full of special candy. These colaciónes are kept on hand to avoid hurt feelings and tears. The rest of the treats are passed around to everyone before the party is over.
Towns of potters once existed to fashion ' ollas piñateras ', bare clay pots sold in the mercado. (market) People took them home and pasted their own colored paper to them. Cardboard and paper maché often fashioned over balloons has replaced ' la olla ' in many modern piñatas.
Everyone sings the following song:
Spanish:
Dale, dale, dale.
No pierdas el tino.
Porque si lo pierdes. Pierdes el camino.
Ya le diste una.
Ya le diste dos.
Ya le diste tres.
Y tu tiempo se acabó.
English:
Hit it, hit it, hit it.
Don't loose your aim. Because if you loose it. You loose the way.
You hit it once.
You hit it twice.
You hit it three times.
And your time is up.
Mexican Seven Pointed Star Piñata
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Party Piñatas
Mairangi Bay,
Auckland
NEW ZEALAND
Phone: 09 449 2326
Mobile: 021 685 404
Or: 0800 746 282
(0800 PINATA) or email
julie@partypinatas.co.nz
