What do pinatas symbolize?
Pinatas are a part of Mexican culture in regard to celebrations. They also have been integrated into American culture, as well as other cultures, to become a fun familiarity. Today when you think of pinatas, you think of birthday parties with children laughing as a waterfall of candy spills from a colorfully ornate papier-mache animal suspended from the sky.Luck for the HarvestIt is believed that the explorer Marco Polo is in great part responsible for the concept of the pinata spreading across the continents. In his 13th-century journey to China, he observed the Chinese using pinatas for their new year’s celebration. The people would fill colorfully ornamented papier-mache animals with seeds and then take turns hitting the ornament with sticks until the seeds spilled out. The Chinese did this to promote good luck for the coming harvest.Just for FunMarco Polo is believed to have brought pinatas back with him to Italy, where Catholics adopted their use. They used them in celebration for
