When the carnival party is finished, it is very
traditional for us to arrive and old lady called “La vella quaresma”. Her main
characteristic is that she has 7 legs ( these are the weeks that we have to go
through before Easter comes) . In her hands, she is carrying a cod, the
tradition says that this woman was in charge of the children’s diet. She had to
make them eat fish instead of meat, during the quaresma’s period, that is what
the Christian tradition says.
Every week we take off one quaresma’s leg, and she gives us a little present; kisses, salty cookies, candies, and the last day she gives us all the ingredients to make a very special cake: “la mona”. This cake is eaten on the resurrection’s sunday, usually the uncles give it to their nephews.
Every week we take off one quaresma’s leg, and she gives us a little present; kisses, salty cookies, candies, and the last day she gives us all the ingredients to make a very special cake: “la mona”. This cake is eaten on the resurrection’s sunday, usually the uncles give it to their nephews.
