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The entertainment was divided in two ways, some for the rich and others for the lower classes
In the highlighted families, it stood out:
OPERA
During the Porfirian era, the panorama of the opera took an outstanding turn, since in this period the country maintained a great opening towards the European continent; In this way, French and Spanish opera companies began to arrive on Mexican stages, among others; Tosca by Giacomo Puccini and Lohengrin by Richard Wagner presented themselves within this wave of staging
CANCAN
The cancan is a fast and vivacious dance of scandalous reputation, whose main characteristics are the provocative movements, the high kicks and the lifting and movement of the skirts.
BALLET
 Ballet or classical dance is the specific name given to a specific form of dance and its technique.
SPORTS
The sports in the Porfiriato were skating, besides they became fashionable to play polo tennis cricket and target shooting. In addition to sports, horse races, bicycles and automobiles met a lot of people.
The popular classes used to walk on Sundays through squares and parks where fairs were installed with little horses, saddled sheep and donkeys with albaradoas.

Also the kermeses were performed a lot on the occasion of civic dates.

ANCIENT EGYPT

The people of ancient Egypt enjoyed a variety of entertainment activities. As in most societies, the rich had more leisure time for fun and games, but even the peasants liked to have fun and enjoy festivals and games.

Stories and Stories
Most ancient Egyptians could not read or write. Until the time when the Greeks conquered Egypt, the Egyptians also had no theater. However, the ancient Egyptians loved telling stories. Storytellers can captivate the audience for hours with folk tales about Egyptian gods, love, war heroes and adventures. The stories were transmitted from generation to generation orally.

Festivals
Throughout the year, the Egyptians celebrated several festivals. Many of these were in honor of certain gods such as the Tot festival. The festivals involved special offerings and celebrations. During the Opet Festival, the statues of the gods Amun, Mut and Jonsu traveled in a parade from the Temple of Karnak to Luxor.

ANCIENT GREECE

We do not have too much data although through the observation of the motives of the ceramics and some objects found in excavations something can be elucidated

Games for children or young people

It is known of a game called ephedrismosque consisted of hitting a distant object nailed to the ground, the loser had to carry on the shoulders of the winner, who covered his eyes while a third gave verbal directions to reach a certain site.

Adult games

  The adults had games like dice, and sometimes the personal cleanliness was something important which they went to the baths to chat.
Music, theater and Sports
Music and theater were also the activities enjoyed by the free citizens of Greece. The entrance of all social classes was allowed to the theater, and it is even believed that there were special subsidies for citizens with low purchasing power. To this we must add also sporting events such as the Olympics in Athens

ANCIENT CHINA

Most people in ancient China spent most of their time working. For much of the year they worked all day without free days. However, there were festivals throughout the year where they had the opportunity to play and entertain themselves.Dance and AcrobaticsDance was an important art form since the early Chinese dynasties. It reached its peak during the Tang dynasty. Acrobatics was also a popular form of entertainment from at least the Qin Dynasty in 207 BC. Acrobatics and dance were often combined with other forms of entertainment such as juggling, martial arts and music.OperaAround the end of the Zhou Dynasty, music, acting and dance were combined in Chinese opera. In Chinese opera, artists wear elaborate costumes and tell stories of famous Chinese legends and heroes through song and dance. Chinese opera is still a popular form of entertainment today.Table gamesThe Chinese enjoyed playing a variety of board games. One of the most popular was Go (also called weiqi). Go was invented around 500 BC. Over time, Go became so popular that it became one of the Four Academic Arts that were to be dominated by all Chinese knights. Go is a strategy game. It is played on a grid with small black and white pieces called "stones"

ANCIENT ROME

The circus.

The circus was an elongated enclosure with bleachers for the spectators, and with a track (sand) divided by a central wall (spins). The oldest and

 most impressive circus in Rome was the Circus Maximus, which had a

 capacity of more than 385,000 spectators. Where you could do this type of activities

    Equestrian exhibitions, acrobatics on horseback performed by expertriders (desultory).

- Pedestrian races, in which for hours and hours the participants gave hundreds of laps to the circus track.

- Racing cars, which were the highlight of the games. The cars were pulled by two, three or four horses. Each race consisted of seven laps around the central spine.

 The circus games also served to make bets of large sums of money, which

 enriched some and ruined others.

The amphitheater is an oval construction that resembles two theaters united

. The Flavio Amphitheater, or Coliseum, the most emblematic building in 

Rome, was inaugurated in the year 80 AD. C., and had a capacity for

 50,000 spectators