Owner: HWMC

Catalog#: 2AF-AERV-05

 

Reedpipes

Libya ‘Zukra’ (A)

Libya
Libyan

Bamboo, cow horns, hide
Mid-20th Century 
Length: 11.75 in; Width: 3.25 in; Diameter of one bell: 1.625 in
Aerophones – Wind Instruments Proper – Reedpipes

The zukra is a double-chanter bagpipe from Libya, that is similar in construction to the Tunisian mizwad.  It has a joined double-chanter with a fixed reed at the top of each pipe and finger holes terminating in two cow horns.  This reedpipe instrument is played with a bagpipe in the south and west of Libya but played by mouth without a bag in the east, as seen here.  The zukra is played at feasts, weddings, and funerals.

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