07 March 2010

The bagpipers of... Palestine!

I was previously surprised to discover that there were Swedish bagpipes in Medieval times.  Today I was reminded that bagpipes are part of a modern tradition in Palestine.  It's a treasured residuum of the scouts and marching bands introduced during the British mandate.  The above are screencaps from an interesting audio slideshow at the BBC.

2 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 7, 2010 at 10:32 PM

    I have a CD of Latvian bagpipe music.

    JLK

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  2. DuyguMarch 9, 2010 at 9:23 AM

    It's interesting to see they adopted the instrument in this way.
    But bagpipes are everywhere I guess. Like a friend, who plays the Breton bagpipe, says "If there are goats and sheep around, there sure will be bagpipes"
    See, in northern Turkey -on the Black Sea coast- a type of bapipe -
    tulum    - is also very popular.

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