History of bagpipes.. (From Lykeion ton Ellinidon) The bagpipe has existed in diverse cultures throughout history. The earliest recorded reference to bagpipes may be on a Hittite slab from Asia Minor dated to 1000 BC. By the 1st century AD, bagpipes existed in many countries including India, Spain, France, and Egypt, and were popular throughout the British Isles. The appearance of the bagpipes in Scotland is a much debated topic with competing theories claiming they were either a Roman import or that the instrument came from Ireland. This unique family of wind instruments still exists in many forms throughout the world, but most commonly in Europe as the gaida (Northern Greece and the Balkans), cimpol (Romania), duda (Hungary), dudelsack (Germany), sakkpiap (Sweden), bagpipe (Ireland and Scotland), zampogna (Italy), touloum (Turkey, and gaita (Spain). Greece has two types of bagpipes, the tsabouna and the gaida. The gaida, which has a drone, is found in mainland Greece, mostly in Macedonia and Thrace. The tsabouna belongs to the Aegean islands, the Ionian islands, the Black Sea, and the Mani (Western Peloponnese). ipswichthistle/index.php?/history-of-bagpipes.html macmaolain/thegreatirishwarpipe.htm ohfs.org/newsletter/2002_first_quarter.html#four
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