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Latvian Bagpipe and Folk Pipes

Also known as Latvijas dūdas · Dūdas

Latvian Bagpipe and Folk Pipes: photograph by Turaids
Photo: Turaids, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Hold the drone and play the chanter notes in time as phrases scroll in, adding stabules (whistle pipes) and horns for a village band.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Latvia.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Crossroads and Golden Ages (about 500 to 1500), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Northern and Eastern Europe.

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