A traditional Breton bagpipe, similar to the Scottish bagpipe but with distinctive regional characteristics.
From Breton (Celtic language of Brittany, France). The word refers to the regional musical instrument of Breton culture, documented since medieval times.
Every Celtic region has its own bagpipe variant with its own name—the biniou shows how musical instruments carry cultural identity and regional pride, with the word itself being untranslatable because it means that specific instrument.
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