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 … ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

In Mexico, piñatas are not just child’s play. They’re a 400-year-old tradition . Dec. 22, 2023 at 9:05 pm Updated Dec. 22, 2023 at 10:04 pm . By . FABIOLA SANCHEZ. The Associated Press.

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.

Cut paper flags announce the piñata fair in Acolman, just north of Mexico City, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. Grandparents in Mexico can remember a time when piñatas were clay pots covered with ...