Żaqq
{{Short description|Maltese bagpipe}}
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The żaqq ({{IPA|mt|zɐʔ}}) is the most common form of Maltese bagpipes, and was once associated with Maltese folk festivals.{{cite book|author1=Lino Bugeja|author2=Mario Buhagiar|author3=Stanley Fiorini|title=Birgu: a Maltese maritime city|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YI7iAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=24 April 2011|year=1993|publisher=Malta University Services|isbn=978-99909-44-01-3|pages=382 }}
History
The use of the żaqq in daily life came to an end in the 1970s, the instrument having been perhaps replaced by the accordion earlier in the century.{{cite book|title=Journal of Mediterranean studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lj9oAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=24 April 2011|date=1 January 1995|publisher=Mediterranean Institute, University of Malta|pages=82 }} In 1977 the Galpin Society noted only nine remaining traditional pipers in Malta; the last of these, Toni "l-Hammarun" Cachia, died in 2004.{{cite book|author=Galpin Society|title=Newsletter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RWQIAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=14 August 2012|year=2001|publisher=Galpin Society|page=71}}. ''Last of the Maltese Bagpipers of Old' Various folk music ensembles such as Etnika have attempted to revive the instrument.
Etymology and spelling
It is sometimes erroneously referred to as the zapp due to a spelling error in a 1939 English-language publication. The Maltese word żaqq literally means "sack" or "belly" and derives from Arabic {{transl|ar|ziqq}} ( "skin" [as a receptacle]). is sometimes stated that żaqq derives from Italian {{lang|it|zampogna}} but this is not the case.
Further reading
- Ruben Zahra. [https://books.google.com/books?id=gvikGwAACAAJ&q=zaqq+bagpipe Iz-zaqq the Maltese bagpipe]. Mills College Theses, Mills College
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