After five months of gathering piñatas, the da Vinci Center (a collaboration of VCU’s schools of the arts, business, and engineering and the College of Humanities and Sciences), the Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Virginia Hispanic Foundation showcased 1,000 piñatas at the annual ¿Qué Pasa? Festival. The collection broke the previous Guinness World Record of 504 piñatas.
Saturday morning, volunteers spent hours before the festival opened hanging piñatas along the Canal Walk’s railings, lining both sides of the canal with colorful piñatas of every shape and size.
Once they were done, two judges counted each piñata while a videographer filmed their work in one long take. The video will be sent to Guinness World Records for certification.
Now that they have broken the record, the da Vinci Center, the Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Virginia Hispanic Foundation will enter phase two of the project. They will fill the piñatas with donated school supplies, and then contribute them to Richmond-area schools.
Donated school supplies may be dropped off at the da Vinci Center, 807 S. Cathedral Place, on weekdays, 9 am to 5 pm; or the Virginia Hispanic Chamber, 10700 Midlothian Turnpike, Suite 200, Wednesdays, 9 am to 5 pm.
Read the full article in VCU News.
Image: More than 1,000 piñatas were hung along Richmond’s Canal Walk on Saturday at the annual ¿Qué Pasa? Festival. (Photos by Brian McNeill, University Public Affairs). Credit via VCU News.
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