Lucky Bag

A piñata is a closed circular or rectangular bag made ​​of paper, which can be purchased commercially and in which there are one or more so-called surprises. The contents of the bag can not be seen from outside. Partly also the Schultüten the first graders are called piñata, because their contents are not known in advance usually.

Content

Wundertüten exist at least since the period after the Second World War. They were sold in Germany for 10, the large version for 20 Pfennig, in the GDR, they cost 50 cents. The contents of the lucky bags are usually inconspicuous, often contain at least one candy and always arouse the desire for another surprise. In the event of extraneous content with the hope of something better - otherwise the current moment of happiness is to be repeated. This principle of desire for more education is extended to specific target groups. For example, there are special lucky bags for boys or girls as well as for adults.

A piñata in a modified form provides the Children's Surprise ( Ü-Ei ) of the company Ferrero represents the bag was here replaced by a chocolate shell in egg shape. Although this product is geared mainly at children, many adults collect the internal figures. Since the principle always makes piñata curious and seems to work, it is used by advertising strategists in this form in advertising or marketing.

Other meanings

• Also as a piñata is sometimes because of its bag shape and whimsical effect a joint called.

• Under the same name is in a lens photographer circles, namely the Beroflex 500/8.0 known, a lens telephoto lens. The name probably goes back to Walter Schön, the, this denoted by the term piñata in the May issue of the journal Color Photo tested the said lens along with some others and because of the comparatively excellent price-performance ratio of the Beroflex, and given its elongated shape. This term has been used in the aftermath of the company Beroflex themselves in their advertising and won not least in the circles of interested in photography in popularity.
• Piñata Music GmbH (label symbol: tu ) in Ebergötzen was an alternative music label that brought out, inter alia, several albums of Cochise. The name should have been oriented to the first meaning listed in this section.

Literature Title

• The piñata is the title of a posthumously published book with fictional letters of the poet Arno Schmidt.
• The Fix & Foxi piñata is a list issued by the company Rolf Caucasus Comics Magazine.