The Bagpipe Society

Aristophanes and Shakespeare

We could not describe the bagpipe as a musical instrument possessed of an introverted tendency. The opposite: its place is at the heart of the festival and is subject to the laws of extroversion and many times over the centuries, it has been the subject of comic treatment. For this reason, there is also the expression: Can you beat these bagpipe jokes?

For example, in Greece until a few years ago, if we asked an old player to play the Τsabouna, he would say: “Why should I play? Are we having Carnival? " The Tsabοuna was mainly played during the Carnival period and was accompanied by songs with obscenities and sexual innuendos.

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