A bagpipe is a woodwind instrument made up of several parts, Morris said, including the squeeze bag, which is inflated using a blowstick before any music can be made.

Umer Farooq's grandfather and father made bagpipes. Now he is the third generation to take up the tradition in Pakistan, which is thousands of kilometres from Scotland yet sells thousands of ...

Rosewood or ebony serve as the blowstick, into which players exhale. The drones ... But the bagpipe had to wait until the mid-19th century for British colonialists to bring it to subcontinental ...

Rosewood or ebony serve as the blowstick, into which players exhale. ... Bagpipes and pipe bands must be encouraged, especially March 23rd parade, and other major events.

Now he is the third generation to take up the tradition in Pakistan, which is thousands of kilometres from Scotland yet sells thousands of bagpipes each year. The fresh smell of wood floats through ...