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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;[1] the pipe has a double-chanter bored into a single block of wood. The pipes were, until recently, played for weddings.[2]

References

  1. ^ Musical Instruments Museum (2000). Visitor's guide. Mardaga. p. 56. ISBN 978-2-87009-730-4.
  2. ^ Malou Haine; Hubert Boone; Isabelle Deleuse; Géry Dumoulin; Wim Bosmans; Karel Moens; Anja Van Lerberghe; Ferdinand J De Hen; Pascale Vandervellen (18 September 2001). Musée des Instruments de Musique: Cornemuses européennes. Editions Mardaga. pp. 6–. ISBN 978-2-87009-786-1. Retrieved 27 April 2011. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)