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02-Aug-2015

Biniou Coz.

Le biniou kozh appartient à une famille instrumentale des plus anciennes. Connu dès l'Antiquité des Grecs et des Romains (tibia utricularis), il s'est par la suite répandu à travers toute l'Europe du Moyen Âge. Sous sa forme actuelle, il apparaît très tardivement dans l'iconographie et dans les textes d'Armorique (XVIe siècle). Jusqu'au XVIe siècle, il semble que la cornemuse de Basse Bretagne soit un instrument ressemblant beaucoup à la veuze, ou aux versions archaïques (à bourdon unique) de la gaïta espagnole ou du war pipe irlandais. Elle est alors utilisée seule ou en couple avec la Bombarde, voire en trio avec un tambour. Dans la Cornouaille et le Vannetais, il atteint son apogée entre la fin du XVIIème et la fin du XIXe siècle, prenant alors part à toutes les festivités.

«Biniou Kozh» («Old bagpipes) belong to the most oldest instrumental family. Known from the Antiquity by the Greeks and Romain (Tibia utricularis), it afterward spread through all Europe of the Middle Ages. Under its current shape, it appears very late in the iconography and in the texts of Armorique (XVI century). Up to the XVI century, it seems that the bagpipe of Low Brittany is an instrument looking like the «veuze», or the archaic versions of the Spanish gaïta or the Irish war pipe. it is used then only or in couple with Bombards and even in trio with a drum. In Cornouaille and Vannetais, it reaches its peak between the end of the XVII and the end of the XIX century, then taking part in all the festivities. (From Wikipédia).

Fête des Fleurs d'Ajoncs. Pont-Aven.

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Blandine Mangin22-Sep-2015 06:59
superbe ! v
Tom LeRoy22-Sep-2015 06:12
A wonderful image, the celebration looks fantastic and so so the bagpipes and piper. Excellent DOF and colors. V
Gill Kopy22-Sep-2015 03:32
Wish we could hear it - such a fun looking celebration and very nicely captured V
Neil Marcus22-Sep-2015 00:10
A distinguished looking man. A good asset to this gallery
Graeme21-Sep-2015 22:22
An excellent cadid scene of this pipe player and the clapping crowd, Danad.VV
globalgadabout21-Sep-2015 19:40
a stirring image...the piper looks impressive, and the backdrop portrays a rich visual melody..
marie-jose wolff21-Sep-2015 19:32
superbe portrait de ce joueur de biniou! V
Buz Kiefer21-Sep-2015 19:29
Spot on DoF and a fine capture. Vote.
Colin Storey21-Sep-2015 19:28
Fantastic image, love the colourful dof. v
Apostolos Tikopoulos21-Sep-2015 19:07
Excellent capture and dof. V.
Tom Munson21-Sep-2015 16:51
Fantastic candid.
Gerard Koehl21-Sep-2015 15:40
Superbe, il ne manque que le son... V
Walter Otto Koenig21-Sep-2015 14:41
Great photograph of this piper with such a nice background and depth of field. Thank you for the interesting information. "V"
hamery21-Sep-2015 14:32
Excellent capture of a very lovely soft and colorful background and a sharp with details foreground, Danad. Light is superb too ! BV
Helen Betts21-Sep-2015 14:01
Marvelous capture, with an excellent use of DOF. I like that he looks so intent on his playing, too. V.
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