Zampogna: The Soul of Southern Italy

[Coolguy1]

The tsampouna actually gets its name from zampogna, which itself is from Greek.



It reminds me of the Bulgarian gaida too.

the word Gaida is actually used across many European countries, I think as far as Spain. What distinguishes it from the tsampouna is that it has a drone, whereas the tsampouna does not

[Percivalle]

the word Gaida is actually used across many European countries, I think as far as Spain. What distinguishes it from the tsampouna is that it has a drone, whereas the tsampouna does not

Yes, gaida reminds of the Galician gaita.

[Hadouken]

Nope, it's Italy.



Maybe the guy visited Turkey and bought a flag as a souvenir? Or given to him as a gift?

haha nice one. If you look carefully you'll see a Belgium flag too...

Plus there is an Italian flag ribbon on the instrument.

Turks don't have such lungs to use that

[MinervaItalica]

...

I knew it already, indeed i used "nice one". However emoticons exist for a reason, u should try them sometimes. Irony on the internet is not always easy to notice.

[Tacitus]

Bellissimo.

Indeed. I used to not like listening to the zampogna but it's really grown on me. Shame that traditions like this are slowly dying out throughout Europe.

Another tune:

[Tacitus]

No thread on the zampogna would be complete without the Christmas song "Tu scendi dalle stelle."