ACOLMAN, Mexico — María de Lourdes Ortiz Zacarías swiftly cuts hundreds of strips of newsprint and colored crepe paper needed to make a piñata, soothed by Norteño … ...

ACOLMAN, Mexico — María de Lourdes Ortiz Zacarías swiftly cuts hundreds of strips of newsprint and colored crepe paper needed to make a piñata, soothed by Norteño music on the radio while ...

A child swings at a pinata during a street "posada" organized by neighbors in Mexico City, Dec. 22, 2023. Share A 400-Year-Old Mexican Tradition, Pinatas Are Not Child's Play ...

Inspired by elote, Mexican street corn, ... Big, elote-inspired piñata meant to crack Guinness World Record in San Antonio. By Shepard Price, Staff Writer Updated Aug 25, 2023 2:19 p.m.

In Mexico, piñatas are not only a game for children. This tradition has been around for 400 years The tradition is passed on from generation to generation and it picks up around Christmas.

ACOLMAN, Mexico — María de Lourdes Ortiz Zacarías swiftly cuts hundreds of strips of newsprint and colored crepe paper needed to make a piñata, soothed by Norteño music on the ...

In Mexico, piñatas are not only a game for children. This tradition has been around for 400 years The tradition is passed on from generation to generation and it picks up around Christmas.

ACOLMAN, Mexico (AP) — María de Lourdes Ortiz Zacarías swiftly cuts hundreds of strips of newsprint and colored crepe paper needed to make a piñata, soothed by Norteño music on the radio ...

María de Lourdes Ortiz Zacarías sells piñatas at her small family-run piñata-making business in Acolman, just north of Mexico City, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023.

Traditional Christmas "piñatas" that will be filled with fruit and candy are displayed at a small family-run business in Acolman just north of Mexico City, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023.

In Mexico, piñatas are not just child’s play. They’re a 400-year-old tradition. María de Lourdes Ortiz Zacarías swiftly cuts hundreds of strips of newsprint and colored crepe paper needed ...

Business is steady all year, mainly with birthday parties, but it really picks up around Christmas. That’s because piñatas are interwoven with Christian traditions in Mexico.