From December 25th to January 6th, the most characteristic festivals in the municipality of Bragança are those held on the winter solstice, when large collective bonfires are lit in the various villages, where masks and their wearers are the protagonists.

The origin of masked beings is linked to the cult of ancestors, the fertility of the fields, the fecundity of men and animals, the maintenance of civic rights, morals and order.