whose artistry has become symbolic of Mexican-American culture. Last year, Fred Uribe, co-owner of Don Gollito's Restaurant, presented city officials with his concept of a piñata festival.

Locally, many Latino families purchase piñatas at Mexican markets like Lola’s, or at party stores like Party City. Some families also have had success finding custom-made piñatas on artisan ...

"This was the meeting of two worlds," said Walther Boelsterly, director of Mexico City's Museum of Popular Art. "The pinata and the celebration were used as a mechanism to convert the native ...