Joyful feasts, balls, festivities, festivals are all part of the
carnival
season. The highlight of the carnival is a big festivity that is also a farewell to winter. The carnival season used to be the time when people were looking for a partner, and it is an important “wedding season”. The lads used to organize the balls in the villages. The girls – with the mediation of their relatives – used to give a bouquet to the boy they liked; at the end of the carnival the boys put these flowers on their hats as a form of public confession. The point of the whole
ball season
and the 
festivities
was to get engaged.