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Definitions of pinata in various dictionaries:
noun - plaything consisting of a container filled with toys and candy
noun - a pottery jar used in a Mexican game
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Bart Simpson & Mickey Mouse are popular figuras gringas for these candy-filled Mexican party objects |
Hit this paper mache container, Spanish for "jug", if you want candy and small gifts |
From the Spanish for "pot", it's the party accessory seen here |
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A doll or other decorated container filled with candy, that gets hit with a hammer or a stick by blindfolded children during birthday parties or other celebrations until the candy falls out. |
a decorated figure of an animal containing toys and sweets that is suspended from a height and broken open by blindfolded children as part of a celebration. |
plaything consisting of a container filled with toys and candy suspended from a height for blindfolded children to break with sticks |
an object in the shape of an animal, etc. that contains sweets . It is hung up at parties and children hit it with sticks to break it open and release the sweets. |
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A piñata (, Spanish pronunciation: [piata] ( listen)) is a container often made of papier-mâché, pottery, or cloth; it is decorated, and filled with small toys or candy, or both, and then broken as part of a ceremony or celebration. Piñatas are commonly associated with Mexico. The idea of breaking a container filled with treats came to Europe in the 14th century, where the name, from the Italian pignatta, was introduced. The Spanish brought the European tradition to Mexico, although there were similar traditions in Mesoamerica, such as the Aztecs' honoring the birthday of the god Huitzilopochtli in mid December. According to local records, the Mexican piñata tradition began in the town of Acolman, just north of Mexico City, where piñatas were introduced for catechism purposes as well as to co-opt the Huitzilopochtli ceremony. 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 rel |