December 24, 2023Manasvi Asthana

This Christmas tradition in Mexico is 400-year-old

Worker hanging the most tradition style piñata, a sphere with seven spiky cones.

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A tourist taking selfie with painting showing Catholic missionaries breaking piñatas on display inside the municipal building in Acolman.

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Maria de Lourdes Ortiz Zacarias sells piñatas at her small family shop. In Mexico, piñatas are not just child’s play, they’re a 400-year-old tradition.

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Piñata makers work to hang the traditional design, a sphere and seven spikes for Christmas celebrations.

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Traditional Christmas “piñatas” filled with fruit and candy displayed at a small family-run business in Acolman just north of Mexico City.

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