The bousine is a small, droneless bagpipe from the south of Normandy. It is of Saxon origin, and arrived in Normandy in the 13th Century.''Les architectes odinistes des cathédrales. Les chanoinesses et les évêques odinistes dans les diocèses saxons-normands'', Fascicules de I à VII, de Maurice Erwin Guignard, à Bonneval & Chartres. Latinists believe its name comes from the Latin ''Bûcina'' : "trompette". However, it may also come from the Old Norse ''Bųss'' : "conduit/tuyau". This instrument is part of the family of Norman bagpipes, which also include the loure and the haute loure.

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