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 ...

JUAREZ, MEXICO-When Belém Ramirez Avalos gently dips her hand in a pot of engrudo, or the traditional glue to build a piñata from scratch, she has three generations of expertise behind her. The art ...

From her shop in eastern Mexico City, Tania Hernandez begins making piñatas for the holiday season as early as October. That's because piñatas are essential to celebrating Christmas in Mexico.

Piñata maker and multimedia artist, Edy Aguilar, in Northern Alabama. Edy Aguilar, a third-generation piñata maker and artist from Northern Alabama, learned the craft from her mother and grandfather.

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 ...

ACOLMAN, 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 while measuring ...

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