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user-inactivated  ·  3370 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski, what's one of your interests that you don't think other people on Hubski share?

How about the bagpipes?





coffeesp00ns  ·  3370 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm not super knowledgeable about the cultural significance stuff, but the construction, and the bagpipe's movement around with Celtic cultures is really cool. Like, did you know there's a Celtic culture in Spain? and they have their own kind of Bagpipe?

user-inactivated  ·  3370 days ago  ·  link  ·  

In Galicia, right? I know that the Celts moved around a lot back in the day. They've got bagpipes, too?

coffeesp00ns  ·  3370 days ago  ·  link  ·  

yeah. there's kind of like, two main places that bagpipes come from, culturally (Idunno if anyone has studied enough or has enough evidence to argue that they come from a single ancestor).

There's sort of an Arabic/Turkic tradition that's relatively low on drones (or has no drones), and then the Celtic pipes which are more likely to have more drones.

Really though, just about every European culture has pipes somewhere (and a lot of arabic ones too). Their double reed and air bag make for loud sounds, which are popular for outdoor music and dance.

user-inactivated  ·  3370 days ago  ·  link  ·  

See, I never knew that. Thanks. When did bagpipes become a Scottish thing?

coffeesp00ns  ·  3370 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Culturally? Probably Thousands of years ago. Best evidence says 14th century for physical evidence, however.

user-inactivated  ·  3370 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Really? Seems later than I thought.