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Traditional Croatian Bagpipes

Introduction Croatia (Hrvatska) is a small country, but with very rich and diverse traditions. Each region in Croatia has specific costumes, dances, songs and musical instruments, often completely different from all the others. There are several reasons for this. The first is the age of the Croatian people.The Croats occupied the area of​​ today’s Croatia in the 7th century at the invitation of the Roman emperor Heraclius, in order to defend the Roman Empire from the Avars....