The largest group is standing between the stairs and the square in front of the church. The voices are loud. Some are smoking, but most are sipping colored liquids: alcoholic.

The youngest of the group has just turned 13. With her there are some peers, other young girls and boys, coming from all over the city but also from different municipalities of the hinterland, they spend the Saturday evening before Easter in Cagliari, at the Marina.

Numerous small groups move through the narrow streets or stop at the walls. The main meeting place is in Sant'Eulalia, where people mostly talk about alcohol levels starting from 5:30 pm. Markets and bars sell bottles of all kinds.

All it takes is an adult and the game is done: he buys for everyone and distributes after collecting the shares of the individuals. There is no lack of "smoke". There are those who hide a bottle of a super alcoholic in the Easter egg paper. Thus begins another Saturday of discord: on one side the very young and young people who want to have fun (sometimes with too much excess), on the other the residents looking for tranquility.

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