Dankiyo

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Pontic bagpipe/dankiyo/tulum
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Pontic bagpipe/dankiyo/tulum

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..." [citation needed]) describing the Pontian tulum, a type of bagpipewhich the ancient Greeks called an askavlo (aski – skin, avlo – flute). It consists of a lamb skin, a blow pipe, and the double reed chanter.

The dankiyo is played only in small villages near Trabzon and Rize, although a similar type of bagpipe possessing less holes can be found on the islands of Greece. 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.

[edit] Etymology

< Ancient Greek To ankiyo, angion (άγγείον) "skin, bagpipe"

< Ancient Greek: To angion (Το αγγειον) "the vessel". Can also be interpreted as "the container".

[edit] Parts of the instrument

The Pontian Touloum is made up of these parts:

  1. Post - Skin (bag) : Animal Skin
  2. Fisaktir - blowpipe : Wood or Bone
  3. Avlos - flute : Wood & Reeds
  4. Kalame - Reeds: Reeds

[edit] Reference

  • Özhan Öztürk (2005). Karadeniz: Ansiklopedik Sözlük. 2 Cilt. Heyamola Yayıncılık. İstanbul. ISBN 975-6121-00-9
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