O Entroido é a celebración festiva máis destacada en moitas aldeas, vilas e cidades galegas, non só pola repercusión e o recoñecemento social que se xeran ao redor del senón porque, ao ser unha pándega colaborativa, xunta a toda a veciñanza tanto na organización dos actos que se levan a cabo como no
propio desenvolvemento dos mesmos. As máscaras que atopamos ao longo da xeografía galega representan o anonimato de quen as viste, o que se converte nun xeito de poder manifestarse dun modo diferente ao cotián, adoptanto certas liberdades que na sociedade non estarían tan ben vistas no resto do ano.
É na provincia de Ourense onde atopamos a maior concentración de lugares nos que se celebra o Entroido, e en cada un deles hai unha ou varias figuras representativas desta festividade, como pode ser o caso das Bonitas en Sande, os Cigarróns en Verín ou as Pantallas en Xinzo de Limia. Nos concellos de Manzaneda, Vilariño de Conso e Viana do Bolo os elementos máis característicos son a Mázcara no caso de Manzaneda e o Boteiro en Vilariño de Conso e Viana do Bolo, que danzan ao ritmo do folión de cada zona. O folión é,
segundo a definición da Real Academia Galega, un «grupo de mozas e mozos que saen armados con bombos, sachos, aixadas etc., facendo moito barullo e animando as rúas nos días de Entroido», máis esta definición semella quedar
algo escasa e xeralizada en canto á descrición deste fenómeno, xa que en cada lugar faise dun xeito distinto e posúe unhas características determinadas que o
fan único e distinto do resto, a pesar de gardar relación en certos aspectos coas localidades máis cercanas.
O obxectivo principal deste traballo é describir os elementos que compoñen na actualidade o Folión na aldea de Mormentelos, pertencente ao concello de Vilariño de Conso e situada no Macizo Central ourensán, así como definir a evolución deste fenómeno no último século, ademais de determinar as distintas actividades que se organizan ao redor do mesmo dentro da celebración do Entroido de Mormentelos.

Entroido (“Carnival”) is the most outstanding festive celebration in many Galician villages, towns and cities, not only because of the repercussion and social recognition that are generated around it, but also because, being a collaborative party, it brings together the entire neighborhood both in the
organization of the events that are carried out and in their own development. The masks that we find throughout the Galician geography represent the anonymity of those who wear them, which becomes a way of being able to express themselves in a different way than everyday, adopting certain freedoms that in
society you would not be well seen in the rest of the year.
It is in the province of Ourense where we find the greatest concentration of places where Entroido is celebrated, and in each one of them there is one or several figures representing this festivity, such as the case of the Bonitas in Sande, the Cigarróns in Verín or the Pantallas in Xinzo de Limia. In the
municipalities of Manzaneda, Vilariño de Conso and Viana do Bolo, the most characteristic elements are the Mázcara in the case of Manzaneda and the Boteiro in Vilariño de Conso and Viana do Bolo, which dance to the rhythm of the folión of each zone. The folión is, according to the definition of the Royal Galician Academy, a "group of boys and girls who go out armed with drums, hoes, etc., making a lot of noise and livening up the streets on Entroido days", but this definition seems to be somewhat short and generalized in terms of the description
of this phenomenon, since in each place it is done in a different way and has certain characteristics that make it unique and different from the rest, despite being related in certain aspects with the closest towns.
The main objective of this work is to describe the elements that currently make up the Folión in the village of Mormentelos, belonging to the municipality of Vilariño de Conso and located in the Massif Central of Ourense, as well as to define the evolution of this phenomenon in the last century, in addition to
determining the different activities that are organized around it within the celebration of the Entroido de Mormentelos.