04:41Residents from Lima city were preparing to wave goodbye to 2020 with the traditional pinata ritual. This year, COVID-19 and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pinatas were among the most popular, as seen on Wednesday.
Venezuelan Pinata vendor Luis Antonio Villegas said "[Of] All the pinatas that have been the most sold right now, the one that impressed me the most, was the one from COVID. That was a boom. That everyone wants to smash because of their anger at it. For the damage it did to all mankind. And followed by COVID, this (Maduro pinata) is the one that has been taken a lot. I've been fully selling this pinata, as you already know, the Venezuelan population in Peru is very large and we all detest this character."
Venezuelan customer Eliana Peran stated the reasons behind the popularity for the Maduro pinatas in because "the guards and the government don't support us, they repress us. And here we are going to give it with everything."
In Peru, it is a popular custom to buy pinatas decorated with the most hated characters or events of the year and smash them on New Year's Eve to celebrate and prepare for a fruitful upcoming year.
Peruvians give 2020 a whack with COVID-19 and Venezuelan Maduro pinatas
Residents from Lima city were preparing to wave goodbye to 2020 with the traditional pinata ritual. This year, COVID-19 and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pinatas were among the most popular, as seen on Wednesday.
Venezuelan Pinata vendor Luis Antonio Villegas said "[Of] All the pinatas that have been the most sold right now, the one that impressed me the most, was the one from COVID. That was a boom. That everyone wants to smash because of their anger at it. For the damage it did to all mankind. And followed by COVID, this (Maduro pinata) is the one that has been taken a lot. I've been fully selling this pinata, as you already know, the Venezuelan population in Peru is very large and we all detest this character."
Venezuelan customer Eliana Peran stated the reasons behind the popularity for the Maduro pinatas in because "the guards and the government don't support us, they repress us. And here we are going to give it with everything."
In Peru, it is a popular custom to buy pinatas decorated with the most hated characters or events of the year and smash them on New Year's Eve to celebrate and prepare for a fruitful upcoming year.
Residents from Lima city were preparing to wave goodbye to 2020 with the traditional pinata ritual. This year, COVID-19 and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pinatas were among the most popular, as seen on Wednesday.
Venezuelan Pinata vendor Luis Antonio Villegas said "[Of] All the pinatas that have been the most sold right now, the one that impressed me the most, was the one from COVID. That was a boom. That everyone wants to smash because of their anger at it. For the damage it did to all mankind. And followed by COVID, this (Maduro pinata) is the one that has been taken a lot. I've been fully selling this pinata, as you already know, the Venezuelan population in Peru is very large and we all detest this character."
Venezuelan customer Eliana Peran stated the reasons behind the popularity for the Maduro pinatas in because "the guards and the government don't support us, they repress us. And here we are going to give it with everything."
In Peru, it is a popular custom to buy pinatas decorated with the most hated characters or events of the year and smash them on New Year's Eve to celebrate and prepare for a fruitful upcoming year.