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 ...

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 … ...

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.

On Mexican competition series Piñata Masters, artists create whimsical, impressive sculptures that are tested and judged by kids who destroy them.

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 ...

Piñatas are also used in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Puerto Rico and Venezuela, mainly at children’s parties.

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 to ...

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.