The headpieces of the characters portrayed show a rich variety of motives in which a message can be read –this is one related to the specific viewpoint in the conception of the world and the religious spirit these ancient peoples in the western part of Mexico possessed before the coming of the Spanish conquerors. Octavio Paz (1971, 17) had already stated that: “.the rich variety of smiling expressions knows no parallel in the entire history of fine arts”. The expressions and diversity related to smiling, as shown in these works, placed them in the history of universal art. One of the most outstanding aspects of the pre-historic past of Veracruz can be found in some figurines or smiling small faces, real masterpieces that represent the act of laughing. Laugh and games: their magic in prehispanic veracruz Each shall be briefly dealt with in the following paragraphs. We shall mention the Olmeca one, the one in the southern center of Veracruz, that of the northern center of Veracruz, and the Huaxteca one. This area was, for over three thousand years, a territory where many local cultures flourished. We will deal with the last one in particular. Though flourishing at different times during the pre-Columbian era, five different cultures have been outstanding –the one situated in the West of Mexico another one in the Center of Mexico, Oaxaca the Maya area, and that on the Coast of the Mexican Gulf. It's a soil apt to be cultivated, bound to the north by the desert areas and to the south by the once impenetrable Darién Jungles. Mesoamerica is both an ecological and cultural area which comprises almost all of Central America and about a half of the Mexican country. Las culturas prehispánicas de la costa del Golfo de México

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