Birthday Celebrations in Mexico Every country has its own unique traditions of celebrating important events. Being passionate festival goers, Mexicans brought back to life the tradition of breaking a piñata at their children's birthdays. Piñata is a papier-mache or carton container filled with candy, nuts and confetti. Today it comes in all shapes and sizes, with many cartoon characters known to many children. This unusual toy is hung on a tree on a string, and every participant of this funny game should hit the piñata with a wooden stick. Each contestant is usually blindfolded. The one who manages to break the piñata is a winner. Usually, all the sweets are shared among the participants of the game. Traditionally in Mexico, at Christmas and during other important events, piñatas are filled with fruit and candies such as guavas, oranges, pieces of sugarcane and wrapped candies. The idea of breaking a carton container filled with treats came to Europe in the XIV century. The word "piñata" came from the Italian word "pignatta", meaning a cooking pot. The Spanish brought the European tradition to Mexico. Today, the piñata is an essential part of Mexican culture, as well as in the countries of Latin America and the United States. Piñata is a carton container full of sweets a cartoon character painted in the poster a wooden stick The child that hits the piñata does it with his open eyes has a cloth on his eyes sings and danced around Piñatas are made for every special occasion only for Christmas only for children's birthdays The word "pignatta" is of Mexican origin of Italian origin from the United States The tradition of breaking piñata came from Italy Spain Latin America
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Birthday Celebrations in Mexico

Every country has its own unique traditions of celebrating important events. Being passionate festival goers, Mexicans brought back to life the tradition of breaking a piñata at their children's birthdays.

Piñata is a papier-mache or carton container filled with candy, nuts and confetti. Today it comes in all shapes and sizes, with many cartoon characters known to many children. This unusual toy is hung on a tree on a string, and every participant of this funny game should hit the piñata with a wooden stick. Each contestant is usually blindfolded. The one who manages to break the piñata is a winner. Usually, all the sweets are shared among the participants of the game.

Traditionally in Mexico, at Christmas and during other important events, piñatas are filled with fruit and candies such as guavas, oranges, pieces of sugarcane and wrapped candies.

The idea of breaking a carton container filled with treats came to Europe in the XIV century. The word "piñata" came from the Italian word "pignatta", meaning a cooking pot. The Spanish brought the European tradition to Mexico.

Today, the piñata is an essential part of Mexican culture, as well as in the countries of Latin America and the United States.

Piñata is

  • a carton container full of sweets
  • a cartoon character painted in the poster
  • a wooden stick

The child that hits the piñata

  • does it with his open eyes
  • has a cloth on his eyes
  • sings and danced around

Piñatas are made

  • for every special occasion
  • only for Christmas
  • only for children's birthdays

The word "pignatta" is

  • of Mexican origin
  • of Italian origin
  • from the United States

The tradition of breaking piñata came from

  • Italy
  • Spain
  • Latin America

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