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It has also been argued that the Aztecs did not have a concept of "art for art's sake" and therefore it is potentially misleading to translate and interpret in xochitl in cuicatl as "poetry."
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Two Mexican scholars, A. Garibay (deceased) and M. León-Portilla have been instrumental in promoting the view that the Nahuatl phrase in xochitl in cuicatl signifies poetry and that certain classes of Aztec society were genuine poets and philosophers.
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To recapitulate: the recurring phrase in xochitl in cuicatl ( "the flower, the song"), according to the Garibay/León-Portilla interpretation, is said to represent poetry in classical Aztec society.
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To recapitulate: the recurring phrase in xochitl in cuicatl ( "the flower, the song"), according to the Garibay/León-Portilla interpretation, is said to represent poetry in classical Aztec society.
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For some researchers this gentle, artistic side of the Aztec character is expressed in the Nahuatl phrase in xochitl in cuicatl ( "The Flower, the Song"), which is said to represent the art of poetry among the Aztecs, as well as other artistic activities.
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It has also been argued that the Aztecs did not have a concept of "art for art's sake" and therefore it is potentially misleading to translate and interpret in xochitl in cuicatl as "poetry."
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On this view the phrase "The Flower, the Song" (in xochitl in cuicatl), contrary to Leon-Portilla's interpretation, does not refer to poetry but to a ghost ritual accompanied by song and dance.
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For some researchers this gentle, artistic side of the Aztec character is expressed in the Nahuatl phrase in xochitl in cuicatl ( "The Flower, the Song"), which is said to represent the art of poetry among the Aztecs, as well as other artistic activities.
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Two Mexican scholars, A. Garibay (deceased) and M. León-Portilla have been instrumental in promoting the view that the Nahuatl phrase in xochitl in cuicatl signifies poetry and that certain classes of Aztec society were genuine poets and philosophers.
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On this view the phrase "The Flower, the Song" (in xochitl in cuicatl), contrary to Leon-Portilla's interpretation, does not refer to poetry but to a ghost ritual accompanied by song and dance.
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