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When the girls and boys reach sixteen or seventeen years old, they join the group of “the young people”. They remain in this age category until they marry. This rite of passage is called “becoming a youth”, ''mutiletan sartu'', in Navarra. The passage from child to youth is marked by certain facts affecting behaviour, the most important of which is they no longer play games.

Religious associations exclusively for young people were run in most parishes until the 1970s. The two most common ones were: the one popularly known as “The Daughters of Maria” for girls and “The Luises” for the boys. Both associations were for the age category of single people.

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