Editing Piñata (section)

==In the United States==
[[File:Girl_striking_pinata_in_carport_of_California_home_1961_-_2.jpg|thumb|Girls striking a piñata in a [[California]] [[carport]], 1961]]
[[File:Niños jugando en piñata.jpg|thumb|Children playing in a sweets piñata]]
Piñatas have also become popular in Mexican-American and other Hispanic and Latino communities in the United States, as well as non-Hispanic populations. They are used for birthday parties, [[Christmas]] and [[Cinco de Mayo]] celebrations.<ref name="hardknock"/><ref name="Tulsa">{{cite news |title= Tulsa to celebrate Cinco de Mayo with tent parties |author= Wayne Greene |newspaper=McClatchy - Tribune Business News |location=Washington, DC |date=May 2, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="brief">{{cite news |title= BRIEF: Celebrating Mexican culture, heritage |author= Peter McCrady |newspaper=McClatchy - Tribune Business News |location=Washington, DC |date=May 6, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="personalized">{{cite news |title= Personalized pinatas -- to go |author=Joe Ferguson |newspaper=McClatchy - Tribune Business News |location=Washington, DC |date=Sep 19, 2010 }}</ref>

The 2006 video game ''[[Viva Piñata]]'' is about a world where piñatas compete to be chosen for children's birthday parties. A spinoff television show, also titled [[Viva Piñata (TV series)|''Viva Piñata'']] was created to push sales of the [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]] game created by [[Microsoft]].<ref name="vivapiñata">{{cite news |title= Microsoft Tries to Raise 'Candiosity,' Aims at Kid Market with 'Viva Pinata': [1] |author= Christina Binkley |author2= Suzanne Vranica |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |location=New York |date=October 17, 2006 |page=1 }}</ref>