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a candy-stuffed effigy you teach children to destroy with a stick
means A decorated container, often shaped like an animal and made of papier-mâché, filled with candy or treats and hung up to be broken open with a stick during celebrations.
from The word is Spanish, piñata, borrowed from Italian pignatta, meaning an earthenware cooking pot or jar — fittingly, the earliest piñatas were clay pots dressed up for the smashing. The Italian likely traces back to pigna, 'pinecone,' for the pot's bulging shape. Spanish friars are said to have folded the festive smashing into Christian celebration in colonial Mexico, though a similar custom of breaking decorated vessels appears to have existed in the region already, so the piñata is a true blend of Old and New World traditions.
- origin
- likely came to Mexico via China, not Spain
- seven points
- traditional star spikes symbolize the seven deadly sins
- blindfold meaning
- represents faith striking blindly against temptation
- first crack
- Diego Rivera and Marco Polo both linked to its spread
piata de la constitutiei — central square in bucharest, romania where massive protests gathered in 1989 during the revolution
piata sfatului — historic main square in brașov, romania, surrounded by colorful gothic buildings since the 14th century