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Šüvyr / Šŭvyr (gender unknown)

original: šüvə̑r (шӱвыр; шӱвəр, шўвыр)

bladder [?]

Bagpipe, mouth-blown: 1 stock (double chanter) / no drones

Identical types: 35

Mari people (formerly called Cheremis); Upper Volga region; Usually played in combination with a wooden drum (➺ Šüvyr-Tümyr); NB: ➺ Puzyr’ (Mordvinians), and Šapar (Chuvash).

There are 2 types: The northeastern (Sernur) Mari traditionally use instruments of a relatively large size; In the Yoshkar-Olinsky and Morkinsky regions they are much smaller in size.


Sources

Атлас музыкальных инструментов народов СССР = Atlas of musical instruments of the peoples inhabiting the USSR [1963]. Вертков, Константин А. (Vertkov, Konstantin A.) / Благодатов, Георгий И. (Blagodatov, Georgij I.) / Язовицкая, Эльза Э. (Jazovickaja, El’za E.). Москва (Moskva), 1975 (2), p.67 / 207 (shuvyr, tumyr).

Web

Mari dictionary (Šüvyr; ➺ Cyrillic: шӱвыр)
Mari Research Institute (Технология изготовления шўвыр (волынки) [Manufacturing technology of the Šŭvyr (bagpipe)]; in Russian only)