), (russian: Волынка) (

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Swedish bagpipes Swedish bagpipes (säckpipa, sv, svensk säckpipa, or ''dråmba'', ''koppe'', ''posu'', or ''bälgpipa'') are a variety of bagpipes from Sweden. The term itself generically translates to "bagpipes" in Swedish, but is used in English to describe t ...

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Ney anban The ''ney'' ( fa, Ney/نی, ar, Al-Nāy/الناي), is an end-blown flute that figures prominently in Persian music and Arabic music. In some of these musical traditions, it is the only wind instrument used. The ney has been played continual ...

(

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) The shyuvr or shuvyr (chiabour in French sources, russian: Шувыр) is a type of

bagpipe Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Great Highland bagpipes are well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, N ...

of the

Mari people The Mari ( chm, мари; russian: марийцы, mariytsy) are a Finnic peoples, Finnic people, who have traditionally lived along the Volga and Kama River, Kama rivers in Russia. Almost half of Maris today live in the Mari El republic, with si ...

, a Volga-Finnic people living in the

Mari El Republic The Mari El Republic (russian: Респу́блика Мари́й Эл, ''Respublika Mariy El''; Meadow Mari: ; Hill Mari: ) is a republic of Russia. It is in the European Russia region of the country, along the northern bank of the Volga R ...

of central-western Russia. It is described as small bagpipe, consisting of a bag, a bone blowpipe, and two tubes of tin joined by a wooden sheath. The pipe is almost always played with the ''

tumyr Tumyr ( chm, тумыр) or tyumyr (''тюмыр'') are a type of Mari two-sided drums. The Mari ''shyuvr The shyuvr or shuvyr (chiabour in French sources, russian: Шувыр) is a type of bagpipe of the Mari people, a Volga-Finnic people livi ...

'', a Mari drum. An 1892 French work noted that the Mari had developed three instruments: a ''cithare'' (zither or cittern), bagpipe, and drum. A later English work makes a similar statement, saying that the Mari have two instruments unique to their culture: the ''

kusle Kusle ( Meadow Mari: ''кӱсле'', Northwestern Mari: ''кӹсле'' or ''кӹслӓ'') or karsh (Meadow and Northwestern Mari: ''кӓрш'') is a Mari plucked string instrument (chordophone). It has 12-20 strings and is shaped like a semi-c ...

'' mult-stringed zither, and the shyuvr bagpipe.

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