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Most people think of pi atas as a fun activity for parties.
The history of the pi ata reveals many interesting facts that go beyond the playing of a game, although pi atas certainly have been intended for fun. Pi atas may have originated in China. Marco Polo discovered the Chinese fashioning figures of cows, oxen or buffaloes, covered with colored paper and adorned with harnesses and trappings. Special colors traditionally greeted the New Year. When the mandarins knocked the figure hard with sticks of various colors, seeds spilled forth.