Zukra
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The zukra is a Libyan bagpipe with a double-chanter terminating in two cow horns; it is similar in construction to the Tunisian mizwad
Mizwad
The mizwad is a type of bagpipes played in Tunisia...

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The instrument is played as a bagpipe in the south and west of Libya, but played by mouth without a bag in the east. The instrument is played at feasts, weddings, and funerals.

External links

  • Image of a zukra player in a band, in

See also

  • Mizwad
    Mizwad
    The mizwad is a type of bagpipes played in Tunisia...

  • Gaida
    Gaida
    The gaida is a musical instrument, aerophone, using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag.The gaida, and its variations, is a traditional musical instrument for entire Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East....

  • Rhaita
    Rhaita
    The rhaita or ghaita is a double reed instrument from Northern Africa. It is nearly identical in construction to the Arabic mizmar and the Turkish zurna....

  • Mizmar
    Mizmar
    In Arabic music, a mizmar is any single or double reed wind instrument. In Egypt, the term mizmar usually refers to the conical shawm that is called zurna in Turkey....

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