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Wide of statue of monk hitting pinata2. Wide of billboard of Pinata Fair3. Pan left of boy and girl carrying pi�atas to fair on opening day4. Mid of pinata hanging from lamppost5. Wide of...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAcolman, Mexico - December 14, 2007  \u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of statue of monk hitting pinata\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide of billboard of Pinata Fair\u003cbr/\u003e3. Pan left of boy and girl carrying pi�atas to fair on opening day\u003cbr/\u003e4. Mid of pinata hanging from lamppost\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide of entrance to Zacharias family's home and pi�ata workshop\u003cbr/\u003e6. Tilt-up pinatas\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide of pinata streamers\u003cbr/\u003e8. Mid of pinata\u003cbr/\u003e9. Mid of Maria Ortiz putting streamers on pinata\u003cbr/\u003e10. Close of Ortiz putting streamers on pinata\u003cbr/\u003e11. Tilt up Maria Ortiz putting streamers on pinata\u003cbr/\u003e12. Tilt up unfinished pinatas\u003cbr/\u003e13. Close of brush in glue container\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Maria Ortiz, pinata maker\u003cbr/\u003e\"We have people from Cuernavaca, Acapulco, Hidalgo, from Pachuca, from different places, in fact a year ago a group of foreigners came and took a pinata back with them to Canada.\" \u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide of Erika Negrete, director of communications for Acolman, talking with a co-worker\u003cbr/\u003e16. Close of Erika Negrete profile\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Erika Negrete, director of communications for Acolman\u003cbr/\u003e\"When evangelisation began in Mexico, the Augustine and Franciscan monks arrived. There was a friar who thought that the best way to evangelise the people of Acolman was to hold posadas. Actually the tradition of posadas originated here in Acolman.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e18. Pan left of Negrete walking with coworker\u003cbr/\u003e19. Wide of Negrete and co-worker talking to a pi�ata vendor\u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Erika Negrete, director of communications for Acolman\u003cbr/\u003e\"This traditional pinata has seven points, which symbolise the seven deadly sins. These seven deadly sins consider, or, together would stand for the devil. The blindfold stands for blind faith, because, well, faith has to be blind to be able to kill the devil. The stick that is used to break the pi�ata normally stands for hope.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e21. Wide of giant pinata in the main pi�ata workshop in the town center\u003cbr/\u003e22. Close of pinata's poinsettia design\u003cbr/\u003e23. Wide of craftsman walking to his table\u003cbr/\u003e24. Close of balloon covered with newsprint in preparation for making a pinata\u003cbr/\u003e25. Close of craftsman covering a point of a pinata with shiny paper\u003cbr/\u003e26. Tilt up of Romana Zacharias, mother of Maria Ortiz, making a pinata\u003cbr/\u003e27. Pan right of Zacharias applying crepe paper\u003cbr/\u003e28. Mid of Zacharias applying crepe paper\u003cbr/\u003e29. Close of Zacharias applying crepe paper\u003cbr/\u003e30. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Romana Zacharias, master pinata maker\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's such a nice thing for the children, that makes them happy, precisely now that the posadas are coming, where the pi�atas are used. Because now that we are well-known, many people come from all over for our pi�atas because they have really appreciated our work.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e31. Mid of girl working on pinata\u003cbr/\u003e32. Close of girl working on pinata\u003cbr/\u003e33. Detail of crepe paper\u003cbr/\u003e34. Wide of fair grounds\u003cbr/\u003e35. Wide of fire station decorated with pinatas\u003cbr/\u003e36. Pan left couple with pinata\u003cbr/\u003e37. Tilt up couple with pinata\u003cbr/\u003e38. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Luis Valdivia and Itzel Garcia, visitors at the fair\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well, I don't know, the pi�ata is like the symbol of the Christmas celebrations here in Mexico. It's happiness, it represents enjoying the end of the year, for what was done in the entire year. And something that is so beautiful, a tradition.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e39. Wide of people looking at pi�atas\u003cbr/\u003e40. Pan left of young dancers\u003cbr/\u003e41. Mid of traditional candy stand\u003cbr/\u003e42. Close of silver necklaces\u003cbr/\u003e43. Mid of Alejandro Ruiz and his wife buying a pinata\u003cbr/\u003e44. Tilt up of Ruiz with pinata explaining the tradition\u003cbr/\u003e45. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Alejandro Ruiz, cultural heritage specialist with the National Institute of Anthropology and History\u003cbr/\u003e\"I found out that today was the first day of the Pinata Fair here in Acolman. And as I know that here is the birthplace of the pinata, I decided to come by, apart from taking a little tour outside the smoke of Mexico City.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e46. Wide of children singing on stage\u003cbr/\u003e47. Close of girl singing\u003cbr/\u003e48. Tilt up of pinata on stage\u003cbr/\u003e49. Wide of fireworks\u003cbr/\u003e50. Wide of crescent moon\u003cbr/\u003ePinatas are an integral part of many Mexican parties.\u003cbr/\u003eA festival held in the birthplace of the Pinata is celebrating the nation's famous tradition.\u003cbr/\u003eA yearly festival celebrating Mexico's love affair with the pinata is held in Alcoman, close to Mexico City.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Feria de La Pi�ata, or fair of the pinata, goes beyond the hanging toys.\u003cbr/\u003eThe fair is an opportunity for festival goers to catch a glimpse of how traditional pinatas are made.\u003cbr/\u003eToday most pinatas are mass produced in factories instead of being hand made.\u003cbr/\u003eHowever a revival for traditionally made pinatas, made with clay and filled with fruit, is sweeping the country.\u003cbr/\u003eThe traditional Christmas pinata has a round centre with seven points symbolising the seven cardinal sins, which players defeat with the breaking of the ball. \u003cbr/\u003ePlayers have to wear a blindfold while attempting to smash the pinata and release the treats inside.  \u003cbr/\u003eRecently pinata makers have started using paper-mache to stop people getting hurt by falling clay fragments. \u003cbr/\u003eThose making the pinatas work in an open warehouse, where visitors and can wander through and observe the craft-making up close. \u003cbr/\u003eAt her family's home workshop, Maria Ortiz is finishing her pinatas by gluing long streamers on to their seven points. \u003cbr/\u003eOrtiz says she has customers from all across Mexico and even from abroad.\u003cbr/\u003eWhile some trace the tradition of pinatas back to China or to Mesoamerican customs, others say it came from Europe where it was practised at the time of Lent. \u003cbr/\u003eErika Negrete is the director of communications for the town of Acolman.\u003cbr/\u003eShe says the tradition dates back to the 16th century, when monks trying to gain the loyalty of the native people brought the game to Acolman.\u003cbr/\u003eThe monks soon found out it a good way to attract local people to Christianity, says Negrete.\u003cbr/\u003eDecorated meticulously with bright paper, they seem too big to take home and a shame to break just to get at the goodies inside. \u003cbr/\u003eWith so much detail, it's hard for craftspeople to compete with the manufactured alternatives shipped in from nearby Mexico City. \u003cbr/\u003eLarge pi�atas at the fair sell for only about $10 US Dollars.   \u003cbr/\u003eNegrete says the seven points of the pinata symbolise the devil, while the blindfold signifies blind faith, and the stick used shows the hope players must have.\u003cbr/\u003eDespite fierce competition Acolman's artisans are determined to keep the tradition alive. \u003cbr/\u003eRomana Zacharias is a master pinata maker.\u003cbr/\u003eShe says children love pinatas because the treats they conceal.\u003cbr/\u003eFor Zacharias the craft has become the main source of income for her entire family. \u003cbr/\u003eStarting with about 200 in the first season, they 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