This preparation is done for 40 days, starting on Ash Wednesday and ending on Palm Sunday, when the Holy Week starts. It is a time for thinking, penitence and spiritual conversation; time and preparation for the mystery of Easter.

. In this sense, young people performed parades on the streets wearing masks and costumes, collecting money and sweets, reciting poetry, singing and dancing. All this, to the sound of the triquelitraque – an instrument made up of a board and several rows of hammers that beat on it.