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This has always been entrusted to men or youths, never to women. The only exception to this general rule was when a child had died, in which case the bearers in the northern Basque Country were always of the same sex as the deceased. In other locations, it was also discovered that girls helped to move the remains of a young girl.
There is evidence that in certain places in the 19<sup>th</sup> 19th century, the body was moved by professionals to whom the family paid a fee. More recently, the custom of people expressly dedicated to transporting the coffin was found in some places.
There was also the tradition in rural areas that it was more or less the same people tasked with moving the coffin. In return, their services were paid in one way or another and there were also given refreshments.
