{"id":4388,"date":"2014-07-09T10:22:02","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T15:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/blog\/?p=4388"},"modified":"2015-03-02T13:11:15","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T18:11:15","slug":"mexican-pinatas-by-angelica-ortiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2014\/07\/mexican-pinatas-by-angelica-ortiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican Pi\u00f1atas by Angelica Ortiz"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pinata<\/a><\/p>\n

Perhaps you\u2019ve tried breaking open a pi\u00f1ata at a birthday party, but did you know that this paper mache object has roots in religion? The Spanish brought the tradition of pi\u00f1atas to Mexico, to help transmit Catholicism.<\/span><\/p>\n

Angelica Ortiz<\/a> grew up in Mexico City.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>She remembers watching her uncles make pi\u00f1atas each December. During the nine evenings of Advent, people gathered in the street holding candles to walk and sing songs of <\/span>Las Posadas<\/span><\/i>. Each night, a different family hosted a party, ending with the breaking of a pi\u00f1ata.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Breaking<\/a>\u00a0 \"Supplies<\/a><\/p>\n

Pi\u00f1ata is originally an Italian word meaning clay pot. Traditional pi\u00f1atas in Mexico are still made with a clay pot interior, rather than a balloon. The pi\u00f1ata is covered in shiny paper and fitted with a seven-peaked star, symbolizing the seven deadly sins. \u201cThe idea,\u201d Angelica explains, \u201cwas to break it. Or hit is as hard as possible so evil and the bad sins will be gone. In Mexico, they filled them with fruit and nuts, not candy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

When it\u2019s time to try to break the pi\u00f1ata at children\u2019s parties, Angela sings the song traditionally sung in Mexico. \u201cIt\u2019s very important,\u201d she says, laughing. \u201cThe lyrics indicate 1-2-3 chances at striking the pi\u00f1ata; once the singing stops, your turn is over.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Come see Angelica making pi\u00f1atas in the folk craft area of the Lowell Folk Festival <\/a>on July 26 and 27, 2014<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Owl<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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