In Nahuatl language, the Anahuac lingua franca, the occidental concept of "art" did not exist. Artistic expressions were intrinsically linked to the conception of the supreme divinity, understood as something abstract, that could not be seen nor touched, but was the means by which the spirit expressed itself. This "language" was understood as "flower and song", that is, the beauty which signifies the material world perfect equilibrium.
In the House of song, boys and girls socialized performing artistic joint activities, such as: dance, performances we might call "theatrical", singing, musical instruments performance, poetry, oratory, painting, sculpture, engraving, feather art, wood carving and many others, depending on the place and historical time. As we must not lose sight of the fact that this system lasted at least three millennia, in different cultures, in different evolution stages and various geographical locations. But in general, education had a cultural philosophical matrix which emanated from the Toltecáyotl, that in the classical period found its epicenter in Teotihuacan and the Toltecs were "the venerable masters" of the Anahuac.
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