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> Ireland gave Scotland bagpipes and the Scots didn’t get the joke. They even spread it across the empire. https://youtu.be/vkYbSwb0s4E https://youtu.be/vkYbS
by oldgradstudent 7y ago
> Ireland gave Scotland bagpipes and the Scots didn’t get the joke.
They even spread it across the empire.
https://youtu.be/vkYbSwb0s4E https://youtu.be/vkYbSwb0s4E
- hackbinary 7y agoBagpipes are amongst one of the oldest instruments, and originated in central Asia. Also, Japanese whisky is amazing.
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- oldgradstudent 7y ago> Bagpipes are amongst one of the oldest instruments, and originated in central Asia. Definitely, but local bagpipes were mostly replaced with the modern Great Highland bagpipe[1], just like local bowed string instruments[2] were mostly replaced with the modern violin family. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Highland_bagpipe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Highland_bagpipe [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebab https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebab
- anonu 7y agoDabke is the traditional dance from Lebanon. Bagpipes are Scottish (or I guess Irish). And somehow it all ends up in Jordan. You got to love the cross-pollination of cultures.