Costumbres - Piñatas in Mexico

Duolingo Spanish Podcast

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Education, Society & Culture

4.4 • 14.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Julián Meconetzin Rangel Sosa learned how to craft piñatas when he was a kid. So when he launched his own business, he also taught children in schools how to make them, passing the custom onto the next generation.

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0:57.8	In the fall of 2019, Julian McConnetzine-Rangel-Sosa had been preparing for weeks for the biggest
1:04.9	event in his hometown of Acolman.
1:08.2	Every year, the town near Mexico City hosts a Pignata Festival or Feria.
1:14.6	Julian had been working long 13-hour days as he crafted and prepared dozens of Pignatas
1:20.8	by hand.
1:21.8	He was exhausted, but feeling calm and ready for the day ahead.
1:28.2	I remember the night of Feria in 2019.
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