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thumb|right|A nine-pointed star piñata thumb|right|A woman strikes a piñata at a celebration.

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Within Vinony's link graph, piñata is referenced by 761 other articles, and connects out to Huitzilopochtli, Folk Art Museum and Japan.

It is catalogued under topics including Children's games, Christmas in Mexico and Culture of Mexico.

Its subject is documented across 33 Wikipedia language editions.

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Instance of
children's game
Subclass of
game
Image
Rengbågen ponny.jpg
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Commons category
Piñatas
Unicode character
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10 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • History
  • In Mexico
  • In the United States
  • Similar traditions
  • Europe
  • Asia
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

thumb|right|A nine-pointed star piñata thumb|right|A woman strikes a piñata at a celebration.

A piñata (, ) is a container, often made of papier-mâché, pottery, or cloth, that is decorated, filled with candy, and then broken as part of a celebration. Piñatas are commonly associated with Mexico.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “piñata” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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