Dankiyo is an ancient word from the text of Evliya Çelebi (17th century, Ottoman Era "The Laz's of Trebizond invented a bagpipe called a dankiyo. Evliya Çelebi (اوليا چلبي the son of the imperial goldsmith Derviş Mehmed Zılli ( March 25 (? 1611 &ndash 1682 was the most famous Ottoman The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish The Laz ( Lazi (ლაზი or Lazepe (ლაზეფე in Laz, Lazlar in Turkish, Lazi (ლაზი or . . ") describing the Pontian tulum, a type of bagpipe which the ancient Greeks called an askavlo (aski – skin, avlo – flute). The tulum ( guda (გუდა in Laz is a Musical instrument, a form of Bagpipe from Turkey. Bagpipes are a class of Musical instrument, Aerophones using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag It consists of a lamb skin, a blow pipe, and the double reed chanter. This article is on the bagpipe part for the musical office see Cantor.
The dankiyo is played in small villages near Trabzon and Rize. Trabzon ( Greek: Τραπεζούντα, Trapezounta) is a city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey and the capital of Rize ( Greek: Riza, რიზე Ռիզե is the capital of Rize Province, in northeast Turkey, on the Black Sea A similar type of bagpipe possessing less holes can be found on the islands of Greece. It's use is also widespread in the perfecture of Macedonia in Northern Greece amongst Pontian Greek populations. What differentiates the dankiyo from other bagpipes is that the dankiyo does not use a separate pipe for the drone. Instead, the sound is created by two reeds in the chanter.
Etymology
< Ancient Greek To ankiyo, angion (άγγείον) "skin, bagpipe"
< Ancient Greek: To angion (Το αγγειον) "the vessel". Can also be interpreted as "the container".
Parts of the instrument
The Pontian Touloum is made up of these parts:
- Post - Skin (bag) : Animal Skin
- Fisaktir - blowpipe : Wood or Bone
- Avlos - flute : Wood & Reeds
- Kalame - Reeds: Reeds
References
- Özhan Öztürk (2005). Karadeniz: Ansiklopedik Sözlük. 2 Cilt. Heyamola Yayıncılık. İstanbul. ISBN 975-6121-00-9