{"id":147238,"date":"2023-09-08T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-usps-celebrates-hispanic-heritage-month-with-pinatas-stamps\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T20:10:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T00:10:21","slug":"el-usps-celebra-el-mes-de-la-herencia-hispana-con-estampillas-de-pinatas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/el-usps-celebra-el-mes-de-la-herencia-hispana-con-estampillas-de-pinatas\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month With Pi\u00f1atas! Stamps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">ROSWELL, N.M.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 8, 2023<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; The U.S. Postal Service today kicked off Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct.15) with new festive Pi\u00f1atas! stamps at the 36th Annual Pi\u00f1ata Festival.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg2b45left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg2b45left\" title=\"Pi\u00f1atas! stamps feature four colorful illustrations of the traditional Mexican party favorite. Two are of a donkey and two feature a seven-point star.\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2203511\/USPS_Pinatas_Stamps.jpg\" alt=\"Pi\u00f1atas! stamps feature four colorful illustrations of the traditional Mexican party favorite. Two are of a donkey and two feature a seven-point star.\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>These Forever stamps come in four designs \u2014 two donkeys and two seven-pointed stars \u2014 celebrating the traditional Mexican fiesta favorite.<\/p>\n<p>This is the third consecutive year the Postal Service has issued a Hispanic-themed stamp. In <span class=\"xn-chron\">September 2021<\/span>, USPS issued Day of the Dead stamps, and in <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 2022<\/span>, USPS issued Mariachi stamps.<\/p>\n<p>News of the stamps is being shared with the hashtag <b>#PinatasStamps<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of the reasons I feel proud to work at the Postal Service is because we are one of the nation&#8217;s oldest and most admired public service institutions. Part of that proud history is celebrating our multi-faceted heritage through stamps. Ours is truly a world culture, and our stamps allow us to weave together the many threads of our national tapestry, and pi\u00f1atas are the perfect example of this,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Isaac Cronkhite<\/span>, chief processing and distribution officer and executive vice president, U.S. Postal Service, who served as the stamps&#8217; dedicating official.<\/p>\n<p>Other participants at the stamp ceremony were <span class=\"xn-person\">Juan P. Oropesa<\/span>, City Councilor, <span class=\"xn-location\">Roswell, NM<\/span>; <span class=\"xn-person\">Timothy Z. Jennings<\/span>, Mayor of <span class=\"xn-location\">Roswell, NM<\/span>; <span class=\"xn-person\">Alma Salas<\/span>, Board President, Roswell Hispano Chamber of Commerce; <span class=\"xn-person\">Felipe Flores, Jr.<\/span>, Western Division, Senior Director of Processing Operations, U.S. Postal Service; <span class=\"xn-person\">Yesenia Prieto<\/span>, Executive Director and Pi\u00f1ata Maker and Artist, Pi\u00f1ata Design Studio; and <span class=\"xn-person\">Emily Zaiden<\/span>, Director and Curator, Craft in America Center.<\/p>\n<p><b>Background<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Scholars believe pi\u00f1atas might have their origins in <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span>, where medieval European explorers described a New Year&#8217;s custom that sounds familiar to us today. A brightly decorated animal figurine was beaten with a stick until it broke open, releasing the seeds contained in the hollow interior. After the remains of the vessel were burned, the ashes were gathered for good luck during the coming year.<\/p>\n<p>By the 14th century in <span class=\"xn-location\">Italy<\/span>, a similar practice \u2014 possibly imported from <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> by <span class=\"xn-person\">Marco Polo<\/span> \u2014 became part of festivities during the season of Lent. Rather than the brightly adorned figure that featured in the Chinese ceremonies, the Italians used an undecorated clay vessel called the pignatta (&#8220;fragile pot&#8221;), which was filled with sweets rather than seeds. As the custom migrated to <span class=\"xn-location\">Spain<\/span>, breaking the pignatta \u2014 pi\u00f1ata in Spanish \u2014 evolved into a form of celebration on the first Sunday in Lent. The pi\u00f1ata came to the New World with Christian missionaries in the 16th century.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of the Spanish arrival in what is now <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span>, the Indigenous people had their own traditions. The Aztecs, for example, decorated clay pots with feathers and filled them with small gifts. After hanging clay pots in front of statues of their gods, they struck the pots with sticks until the vessels broke and the treasures inside fell to the ground as offerings.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish missionaries combined these ceremonies with their own Lenten tradition to attract Christian converts. Used as religious instruction, the pi\u00f1ata represented the devil and temptation. The blindfolded &#8220;player&#8221; symbolized blind faith armed with the stick of goodness; breaking open the pi\u00f1ata showed the triumph of good over evil.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the pi\u00f1ata is still an important part of many celebrations in <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>, and the custom has spread to other countries. Pi\u00f1atas feature in all manner of festivities: holidays, birthdays, anniversaries and weddings. They are a traditional part of the posadas, a nine-day festival held in early December that commemorates Mary and Joseph&#8217;s journey to <span class=\"xn-location\">Bethlehem<\/span> before the birth of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>Historically, the pi\u00f1ata-maker \u2014\u00a0called the pi\u00f1atero or pi\u00f1atera \u2014\u00a0began with a clay pot as the base, which was covered with shredded paper and engrudo (a paste made from water and flour or cornstarch).<\/p>\n<p>The design emerged as the maker attached cones and other forms to the prepared pot. Gluing strips of curled and cut tissue paper over the entire structure, the artist turned the clay vessel into a swan or a bull or a seven-point star \u2014 almost anything imaginable. Today, a traditionally crafted pi\u00f1ata might begin with a frame made of reeds tied with string; a homemade pi\u00f1ata sometimes uses a balloon as the base. Whether mass-produced, handcrafted by artisans or made at home, pi\u00f1atas are easily found to fit any occasion or taste.<\/p>\n<p>The customs surrounding pi\u00f1atas today are very similar to those from centuries ago. Filled with treats and presents, the pi\u00f1ata hangs by ropes that can be manipulated to move up, down or sideways. A blindfolded player tries to strike the pi\u00f1ata with a stick while the rope is pulled to make a direct hit more difficult. Each player takes a turn until one breaks the pi\u00f1ata, scattering its contents on the ground to be gathered up by all the participants. Though the meaning of breaking the pi\u00f1ata has evolved, the result is still the same: bounty for all.<\/p>\n<p><b>Stamp Art<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The stamp art features four digital illustrations of two traditional pi\u00f1ata designs \u2014 a donkey and a seven-pointed star. The bright, saturated color palette was inspired by Mexican culture, including the vibrant colors of small-town houses, traditional hand-sewn dresses, handmade toys and flowers, and classic pi\u00f1atas themselves. The donkey illustrations are set against either a pink or orange background; the stars feature either a purple or green background. The background colors add to the exuberant and celebratory feel of the stamps.<\/p>\n<p>V\u00edctor Mel\u00e9ndez created the original art and designed the stamps. Antonio Alcal\u00e1 was the art director.<\/p>\n<p>The Pi\u00f1atas! stamps are being issued in booklets of 20 stamps. 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The U.S. Postal Service today kicked off Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct.15) with new festive Pi\u00f1atas! stamps at the 36th Annual Pi\u00f1ata Festival.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg2b45left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%;text-align: left\">&lt;img id=&quot;prnejpg2b45left&quot; title=&quot;Pi\u00f1atas! stamps feature four colorful illustrations of the traditional Mexican party favorite. Two are of a donkey and two feature a seven-point star.&quot;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":147239,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arte-y-cultura"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147238"}],"version-history":[{"count":"1","href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147241,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147238\/revisions\/147241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}