It is a dramatic representation through dolls on a small elevated stage covered by a curtain, behind which are the people who give the life and voices to the characters. According to its nature, the dolls can be hand, stick, metal stick or string:

For others, the burned Judas is a personification of the forces of evil, vestiges of ceremonies to obtain good results at the beginning and end of harvest, carried out in various parts of the world. There are still some historians that assert it is a residual custom of Roman pagan festivals.