 It is difficult to ascertain how old the sport is but one of the earliest records of the "pegarra" being used to carry water on the head dates back to a Dutch book from 1603 called "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" by Abraham Ortelius which has an illustration of a Basque woman carrying a "pegarra".In Spanish this is called "carrera de pedarras" and in French "course de pedarras".The Basque sport best known outside the Basque Country is Basque pelota.