The habbān (or hibbān) is a type of
bagpipe
Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Great Highland bagpipes are well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, No ...
used in the coastal regions of the
Persian Gulf
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(especially
Bahrain
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, Israel, and
Kuwait
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). The term ''ḥabbān'' (''هبان'') is one of several
Arabic
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terms for the
bagpipes
Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Great Highland bagpipes are well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, N ...
. The term is drawn from ''Hanbān'' (هنبان), the Persian word for "bag.". In Gulf states the term ''habban'' refers to the traditional Holi (inhabitants of the eastern coast of the Persian Gulf) bagpipe. The habbān is also called the jirbah (). It is similar to the
Ney-anbān
Ney-anbān (, numerous Latin spellings), is a type of bagpipe which is popular in southern Iran, especially around Bushehr. The term ''ney-anban'' literally means "bag pipe", - ''Nai, signifies a reed, pipe, &c, and Anban or Anbanah, a bag made ...
and
jirba.
While the term itself is generic, in
Oman
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the term ''habban'' is used specifically for a nativized variant of the
Great Highland bagpipe that has been incorporated into local music.
See also
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Jirba
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Ney-anbān
Ney-anbān (, numerous Latin spellings), is a type of bagpipe which is popular in southern Iran, especially around Bushehr. The term ''ney-anban'' literally means "bag pipe", - ''Nai, signifies a reed, pipe, &c, and Anban or Anbanah, a bag made ...
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List of bagpipes#Southwest Asia
External links
"The art of the "jirbah"(in Arabic)
References
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Bagpipes
Kuwaiti musical instruments
Persian Gulf musical instruments