CHAPTER VIII

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NAHUA FEASTS AND AMUSEMENTS.

Excessive Fondness for Feasts -- Manner of Giving Feasts -- Serving the Meal -- Professional Jesters -- Parting Presents to Guests -- Royal Banquets -- Tobacco Smoking -- Public Dances -- Manner of Singing and Dancing -- The Neteteliztli -- The Drama among the Nahuas -- Music and Musical Instruments -- Nahua Poetry -- Acrobatic Feats -- The Netololiztli, or 'Bird Dance' -- Professional Runners -- The Game of Tlactli -- Games of Chance -- The Patoliztli, or 'Bean Game' -- Totoloque, Montezuma's Favorite Game 283

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