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Show GETTING WIND OF BAGPIPES Long I) i'l' i re bagpipes came to Scotland, Ihey were music to the cars of Persians, Egyptians. Egyp-tians. Greeks and Romans. Al'ier originating in Persia, they reached Rome through Egypt and Greece, and were introduced into the British Isles in the first century B.C. by Caesar's legions. , When the Roman occupation occupa-tion forces, according to the Teacher's Scotch Information Centre, were driven from Britain Brit-ain some 100 years later, the instrument fell into disrepute and disuse except for a few wandering minstrels, who were left hold ing I he hag. It wasn't until the 1,'ith century that I lie bagpipe p-merged p-merged as a popular instrument instru-ment in Scotland. It has since grown to be closely associated with that count rv. So the next time you're tempted to think of the bagpipe bag-pipe as native to Scotland, remember that it was at one time the "bag" of other cultures, cul-tures, all of which had their flings. |