Bagpipes In The Mountains: Gaida (And Guns) In Bulgaria
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Bagpipes In The Mountains: Gaida (And Guns) In Bulgaria
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Some bagpipes styles are intensely annoying, but Bulgaria’s kaba gaida style is low in tone, moody, spacey, almost gothic, and linked to rural life in the country for thousands of years.
Now new generations of Bulgarian bagpipers head deep into the Rhodope Mountains each year for a bagpipe festival and competition.
It’s part of a resurgence in folk arts in Bulgaria. Among the younger generations are bagpipes even… cool? I went to the Gela bagpipe festival.
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Writing, recording, narration: Jamie Fullerton
Sound editing: Samira Tazari
Music: Olguita Acuña
Podcast artwork: Nini Giunàshvili
Gela, Bulgaria: Google Maps link
Nearby hotel: Monastery 2 Aparthotel
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