Tulum (bagpipe)
Musical instrument (wind)
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::summary Musical instrument (wind) ::
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| name | Tulum |
| image | Tulumcu.jpg |
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- Bagpiping |range= |related={{Collapsible list |
- Bock (Czech)
- Gajda (Macedonian)
- Cimpoi (Romanian)
- Duda (Hungarian/Polish)
- Koza (Polish)
- Diple (Dalmatia)
- Mih (Istrian)
- Tulum (Azerbaijan,Turkish and Pontic)
- Tsambouna (Dodecanese and Cyclades)
- Askomandoura (Crete)
- Gajdy (Polish/Czech/Slovak)
- Gaita (Galician)(Asturian)
- Gaida (Bulgarian)
- Surle (Serbian/Croatian)
- Mezoued/Zukra (Northern Africa)
- Guda, tulum (Laz people)
- Angeion, zimpona (Pontic)
- Parkapzuk (Armenia)
- Gudastviri (Georgia)
- Tsimboni (Georgia)(Adjara)
- Shuvyr (Circassians )
- Sahbr, Shapar (Chuvashia)
- Volynka (), () (Ukraine, Russia)
- Swedish bagpipes (Sweden)
- Ney-anbān (Iran) | ICH = Traditional bagpipe (Gayda/Tulum) making and performing | Countries = Turkey and North Macedonia | ID = 02114 | Region = ENA | Year = 2024 | Session = 19th | List = Representative
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Birol-topaloglu-tulum.jpg" caption="Laz]] musician Birol Topaloglu plays the tulum"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Behçet_gülas.jpg" caption="Hemshin]] musician Behçet Gülas plays the tulum"] ::
The tulum () is a musical instrument, a form of bagpipe from the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is droneless with two parallel chanters, and is usually played by the Laz, Black sea Turks, Hemshin peoples and by Pontic Greeks, particularly Chaldians. It is a prominent instrument in the music of Pazar, Hemşin, Çamlıhemşin, Ardeşen, Fındıklı, Arhavi, Hopa, some other districts of Artvin and in the villages of the Tatos range (the watershed between the provinces of Rize and Trabzon) of İspir. It is the characteristic instrument of the transhumant population of the northeastern provinces of Anatolia and, like the kemençe in its area, the tulum imposes its style on all the dance and entertainment music of those for whom it is "our music".
Terminology
Some of the names of bagpipes from the Near East include:
- Guda (Laz)
- Gudastvri, გუდასტვირი (Georgian)
- Ç'ip'oni (Artvin, Adjara, Lazona)
- Dankiyo (Pontic Greek, Romeika)
- Parkapzuk, Պարկապզուկ (Armenian)
- Shuvyr (Mari people), North Circassians)
- Shabr, Shapar (Chuvash)
- Tulum (Azerbaijani, Turkish).
Etymology
The name tulum comes from the Turkish word tulum, meaning "a skin container", which itself originates from the Proto-Turkic word tōl- ("to be full").
Notes
References
- Picken, Laurence. Folk Music Instruments of [[Turkey]]. [[Oxford University]] Press. London. p. 547
- [[Özhan Öztürk]]. Karadeniz Ansiklopedik Sözlük. Istanbul. 2005 pp.1119-1122
- An Etymological Dictionary of Pre-Thirteenth Century Turkish. Oxford University Press. 1972. p. 500
- "*dōl-".
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