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Shapar

The Shapar is a musical instrument. Learn how it makes its sound and explore related instruments.

From Wikipedia

The shapar (shabr, Russian: Шапар, шабр, шыбыр, пузырь) is a type of bagpipe of the Chuvash people of the Volga Region of Russia. The bag is usually made of a bladder; the pipe has a double-chanter bored into a single block of wood. The pipes were, until recently, played for weddings.

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