sirgueras 24
Women with the towpath pulling the boats. It was a fairly common use during the nineteenth century in the Basque country. Initially, this employment was prohibited to women for the great effort required. However, due to the Carlist Wars the majority of men had to leave and were the women who went on to carry out this work. Sirguera or sirgueras ( towpath and the suffix - was ) they were the women pulling boats through a towpath, cavo employee to pull boats from the ground. Director Fernando Bernal premiered a film in 2006 with the title of Zirgariak.