żaqq (Maltese mouth-blown bagpipe)

~ Wind instrument

Description

Made of a whole animal-skin, it is used in festivals. The blowpipe (mserka) is made of rubber or cane, the chanter (saqqafa) are two cane pipes, one 2 holed, the other 5 holed, with the bell of an ox horn.

Relationships

from:Malta
type of:bagpipe
picture:https://staticbrainz.org/irombook/żaqq/żaqq.png [info]
Wikidata:Q393004 [info]
other databases:https://saisaibatake.ame-zaiku.com/musical_instrument/gakki_jiten_zaqq.html [info]