sentences:  Hachas commonly show the head of an aged god probably connected to earth and water.An earth monster was likely inherited from the Olmecs.Many ceremonially clad ceramic figurines have been found that testify to the importance of public ritual, while the ceramic figurines of persons with smiling and laughing faces (the so-called "sonrientes") seem to represent ritual performers; they may point to a cult similar to that of the much later Aztec deity Xochipilli.