I. History China, Marco Polo, 16th Century, Spain, Mexico Clay jugs and pots, colored paper, cardboard, paper maché, Sputnik shaped
On the Spanish learning website SpanishTown.ca, 2012, it states that when Spanish brought piñatas to North America, they acquired religious meanings; in which piñatas represented Satan and the cones deadly sins, and the filling represented wealth and earthly pleasures.
Fruits, candies, other treats and goodies
Now that I have presented the history of piñatas, I will now go to discuss memories I had with these lovely artifacts.
II. Memories Mom, making piñatas, bags with candy Relative’s birthdays Christmastime, posadas, 10th birthday (AKA: best birthday ever) The Piñata song, getting hit, candy baskets Today I have shared with all of you an artifact that represents my Mexican culture, Piñatas.
Fist I talked about the origins of piñatas and then shared a little bit about my childhood memories I had with this precious celebration artifact.
It’s curious, every time I see big bags of candies it reminds of those times I filled the piñatas with it; and even though years have passed since the last day I hit a piñata, I would never forget such artifact that brought joy and happiness to my childhood.