Birthday piñatas tend to have more candy and less fruit. They usually contain pieces of sugar cane, tangerines, or little oranges called naranjas piñateras, peanuts, a Mexican fruit called tejocote, limas (a sort of cross between an orange and a lime) and a variety of candy: boiled sweets, chocolate coins, and such. More thought and decision-making goes into a simple piñata ritual than you might expect: First of all, what should go inside the piñata?Ĭhristmas piñatas tend to be healthier than birthday piñatas. Essential preparations for your piñata ritual Hit-it hit-it hit-it, don’t lose your aim,īecause if you lose it, you will lose your way.Īnd your time is up. The duration of a “turn” is as long as it takes to sing the piñata song, which goes like this:

This is logical since the bigger the person, the more likely they are to break the piñata, and the idea is to keep it going for a good while-at least long enough to ensure that every child has a turn. When the piñata breaks, the contents are scattered on the ground and a rush is made to collect as much loot as possible.Īt most children’s birthday parties and Christmas posadas the order in which the participants get a shot is based on age, from youngest to eldest. The Mexican piñata party ritualįor the uninitiated, the piñata is a decorated clay pot or papier-mâché container filled with treats (more about those later) which is strung from a rope and flailed at in turns by party-goers who are blindfolded and armed with a stick.Ī person at one end of the rope -or sometimes a person at each end- will be able to swing the piñata in an attempt to keep it away from its assailant, and make the game last as long as possible. “Building on the momentum of our achievements bringing successful gaming properties into toys and apparel, we developed Piñata Smashlings in-house as a truly immersive IP, and are pleased to add an animated series to our plans,” Toikido’s Garnham said in his own statement as his company expands its Piñataverse.The highlight of many a Mexican festive occasion -a birthday celebration, Christmas party, or Posada- is the breaking of the piñata. The animated Piñata Smashlings series will aim to be as engaging as the Roblox game set to launch. “Their first in-house IP, Piñata Smashlings has already garnered massive hype ahead of its launch this summer and we can’t wait for fans of the brand to see the new character-driven series that will expand the amusing Piñataverse world and showcase its characters like they’ve never seen them before,” Nelvana president Pam Westman said in a statement Wednesday. Netflix's 'The King Who Never Was' Director on Reconstructing the Events of a Scandal in 1970s Italyįounded by CEO Darran Garnham, Toikido plans spinoff toys and other ancillary streams from the Roblox game, in addition to the TV series in partnership with Nelvana.

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