How is a car like a piñata? Both a large vehicle and a small vessel that holds candy, toys, and baubles have an enclosed interior space. Both can be quite colorful and eye-catching and easy to spot ...

We visit a piñata making event to explore this cultural tradition. Piñata making is part of the annual celebration for Hispanic Heritage Month. We go to an event at Delta College where people ...

Pan dulce, fruit punch, champurrado, tamales — all staples in any Latino household during the holidays. What else could a Christmas party possibly need? A piñata, maybe. During the holiday season, ...

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – For most New Mexicans, piñatas are those colorful donkeys or other figures stuffed with candy that children at birthday parties break with a stick. But contemporary artist Justin ...

ACOLMAN, Mexico (AP) — María de Lourdes Ortiz Zacarías swiftly cuts hundreds of strips of newsprint and colored crepe paper needed to make a piñata, soothed by Norteño music on the radio while ...

Special Species — an artist collaborative comprised of Jason Chang, Joel Fernando, and Yesenia Prieto — collaborate on a project for the Natural History Museum. Combining piñata-making techniques with ...

Growing up in south Texas along the Mexican border, Ana Johnson always associated piñatas with happy things: birthday parties, festivals and most any kind of celebration. "Always, there were piñatas," ...

Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day. Artist Diana Benavidez medium of choice: piñatas. / Photo courtesy of Diana Benavidez Diana ...

ACOLMAN, MexicoACOLMAN, Mexico — María de Lourdes Ortiz Zacarías swiftly cuts hundreds of strips of newsprint and colored crepe paper needed to make a piñata, soothed by Norteño music on the radio ...