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a b c d CONACULTA. "Primer Concurso de Piñatas Mexicanas"[First Piñata Contest]. Artes e Historia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on November 11, 2013 . Retrieved June 15, 2011.

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a b "En Acolman, Edomex, cuna de las piñatas, hacen su feria" [In Acolman, State of Mexico, cradles of piñatas, their fair begins]. El Universal (in Spanish). Mexico City. Agencia el Universal. December 16, 2010. The busiest time for the sale of piñatas in Mexico is December for posadas. During bad economic times, sales of piñatas can fall as much as thirty percent as they did in 2008. [15] Store in Tabasco selling both traditional star-shape and contemporary design piñatas. There are a number of localities in Mexico that specialize in the making of piñatas for sale. Acolman, the origin of piñatas, along with neighboring Otumba are one. [10] Acolman hosts an annual National Piñata Fair. This event includes cultural events, workshops on the making of piñatas, piñata contests and traditional Posadas. The event has attracted as many as 100,000 visitors over the days that it is held, many of whom come from Mexico City. [8] In the penal facility of Huajuapan de León, prisoners make piñatas to sell. This began when several prisoners brought the craft with them when they were incarcerated about twenty years ago. These piñatas have become traditional for the population of the city for Christmas. [4] Today, the piñata is still part of Mexican culture, the cultures of other countries in Latin America, as well as the United States, but it has mostly lost its religious character.Hamilton Horstachio is a character in the Viva Piñata TV series. Featured in the episode Horstachio of a Different Color he is Hudson Horstachio's archrival. In the episode he managed to become more popular than Hudson making Hudson depressed. Hamilton enters a Horstachio competition and gets disqualified due to him transforming into a Zumbug. When the Spanish missionaries brought the tradition of thepiñata to North America in the 14th century they discovered the Mayans already had a similar game, involving a clay pot decorated with feathers which was hung and then broken by blindfolded players. Pinatas were religious tools?! You can also use pinatas as party decor, instead of just filling it with candy for the pinata game.

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In Italy feasts with a game similar to piñata, called pentolaccia, used to be celebrated the first Sunday of Lent. In South Indian villages, festivals feature a competition called Uri adithal (Pot breaking with blindfold) which closely resembles the piñata event. [31] Piñatas are similarly popular in a number of other Latin American countries as well. [10] [24] In the United States Girls striking a piñata in a California carport, 1961 Children playing in a sweets piñata a b Yadira Moreno Léon (October 4, 2009). "Un nuevo y divertido mercado: piñatas para fiestas de adultos"[A new and fun market: piñatas for adult parties]. Milenio (in Spanish). Mexico City. Archived from the original on July 5, 2011 . Retrieved June 15, 2011. Fernando Ramirez (September 15, 2006). "Empresa de pinatas preve exportar 380.000 unidades en el 2006; [Source: Expansion]" [Piñata company foresees the export of 280,000 units in 2006]. NoticiasFinancieras (in Spanish). Miami. p.1.About 400 families in the town of San Juan de la Puerta, in the south of the Cuerámaro municipality in Guanajuato, are dedicated to the creation of piñatas, and produce about 16,000 pieces each month. The making of piñatas supports about half of the people in the town. It is the second most important economic activity after agriculture. This tradition began in 1960 by Juan Remigio Anguiano, who brought the craft to the town after living in Mexico City. Today, piñatas from the town are sold in various parts of the state. [16] Horstachio characters usually stand up like a biped creature, unlike in the game series where they always walk on four legs.