| Gaida - it's a bagpipe found in Nth Greece, some Greek islands, (Thassos, Mitilini and others) in Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania and Thracian Turkey. There are many different bagpipes. You can read "Baines - Bagpipes" and learn about some 200 plus different bagpipes. Xenos use a Bulgarian gaida, a Turkish / Pontian / Greek Island Tulum, and occasionally Macedonian and Greek Thracian gaidas, Bulgarian kaba gaida, Hungarian duda, Breton biniou and bombarde. We love our bagpipes! |
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| Gajda player in Florina / Lerin, Macedonia, 1950s? | The boys dancing for the camera, Florina / Lerin, 1950s? | |
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this is an important traditional liquid which must be poured into the bag to make the sound come good. | |
| Anne with a gajda from Edessa/Voden. We found the chanter, stocks and one peice of drone in a junk shop in Edessa and Craig Fischer rebuilt the instrument. It sounds GREAT. |
 | Macedonian gajda. The upper chanter is solid horn, the lower is boxwood sleeved in horn. The string attaches an eagle's talon for manipulating the tuning wax. | |
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| Rob with the Blue Tulum. The Blue Tulum plays in C, better for the girls to sing to. | The hairy tulum sounds great, looks great, but it plays in Bb, perfect for a mans vocal range, not so good for the girls. |
 | Hungarian duda. |
