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Pinata Supplies
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| Pinatas and their interesting history |
| Today we know Pinatas as the center of fun at birthday parties where children vie with each other to get at the goodies inside. However the modern Pinata has an extremely interesting history. Though popularly associated with Latin culture,
historians think the Pinata originated in ancient China where Marco Polo the famous explorer observed colorful paper covered animals suspended with harnesses used at the New Year celebrations. When he brought the figures to Europe, they became associated with Lent and the first Sunday of Lent came to be called Pinata Sunday. |
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Pinata is derived from the Italian word ’Pignatta’ meaning ‘fragile pot’. Jewelry, sweets or other bric-a-brac were used to stuff the ‘pignatta’ and it was suspended from a rope and swung while a blindfolded player hit it with a stick. On breaking, people would gather around to pick up the goodies. The Pinata ritual also spread to Spain and later travelled with the Spanish missionaries to America. The Spanish missionaries covered the piñatas with paper to scare and attract people to their religious practices. |
| The Pinata became representative of Satan who wears attractive masks to beguile people into sinning. The Pinata had a new satellite form which was essentially made up of a globe with 7 cones sticking out with streamers on their ends. The cones symbolized the 7 deadly sins of greed, gluttony, sloth, pride, envy, wrath and lust. The goodies inside represented riches and worldly pleasures while the stick with which the Pinata was broken represented virtue. When the Pinata was broken the participants would get the fruit and candy inside as reward for having kept the faith. Over time the Pinata lost its religious significance and occupied pride of place at birthday parties, Christmas and other celebrations. Pinatas come in 2 types -ones which are meant to be beaten and the ones with pull strings which are meant
to be pulled.
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| Take a look at our cute and funny Pinatas |
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