Hispanic Wedding Couple Pinata
A Mexican Wedding Tradition

Did you know that Mexicans use a pi�ata in weddings called Hispanic wedding couple pinata?

That's right, when you look at Hispanic culture, you'll find that pi�atas originated in Mexico with the arrival of the missionaries.

If you want to know more about its origins read my pinata history article.

Mexican Wedding Pinata Picture by zackzachariah

The Mayans used to break pi�atas as a game, and the Aztecs used to break pi�atas as a way to celebrate the birthday of one of their gods.

In other old Hispanic communities, the breaking of a pi�atas symbolized receiving blessings and favors from the gods.

With Hispanic wedding traditions, the Hispanic wedding couple pinata is a way to incorporate the old ways. It is tradition for Hispanics to throw a reception filled with Latin passion, dance, music and tasty food.

Hispanic wedding celebrations last throughout the night, and at the beginning of the fiesta de matrimonio or the boda, the breaking of the wedding couple pi�ata happens. This tradition is primarily Mexican.

Imagine you're one of the guests at a traditional Mexican wedding. As you enter the reception area, you see a pi�ata in the center of the room or on a stage.

The guests gather around this paper mache figure filled with rice, small souvenirs, traditional sweets, and coins. The children are blindfolded and armed with sticks to hit the pi�ata to break it open.

When the Hispanic wedding couple pi�ata breaks and the goodies spill out, the dancing begins. The bride and groom dance first, a money dance follows and the rest of the night is devoted to dances like salsa, merengue, and romantic ballads.

In any kind of wedding celebration that's true to the culture of Mexico in the olden days, the breaking of the pi�ata is a sign that celebration has begun.

The main shapes of the pi�ata are those representing the bride and groom. The second most traditional shape is a heart. Also, you can make your pi�ata into a shape of a wedding cake.

The couple can go with the traditional shapes for pi�atas. The regular pot, the pineapple and the star shaped pi�atas.

What do Mexicans use to fill their pi�ata? Confetti, money, grains of rice, coins, and traditional sweets. In many Hispanic weddings today, pi�atas have two draw strings for the bride and the groom to hold. When they pull the strings down, it sets a pair of lovebirds free.

No matter what kind of Hispanic wedding couple pinata you use and no matter what you fill it with, breaking open a Mexican pi�ata always means La fiesta comenz� or the party started!

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