NOT a bagpipe, but a homonym, used for an indigenous wind instrument; According to Wikipedia, "made from a hollow cactus stem, with a feather in one end"; In fact it is, however, a duct (or fipple) flute of the Kogi [or Kogui] people (of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in the North of Colombia), who refer to it as a Kuísi (or Kuizi); Made of cane (carrizo), its total length is up to 600mm; Its mouthpiece is a quill (from an eagle, seagull or turkey), set into a flatted mass of beeswax mixed with charcoal; The instrument is played by men only, and always in pairs, i.e. a Kuísi bunzi (female flute), with 5 fingerholes (some of which can be closed with beeswax to produce a different range and overtones) and a Kuísi sigi (male flute), with 2 fingerholes only; The instruments are used in cumbia, merengue, puya and porro music; Because its sound is said to resemble that of the Spanish bagpipe (with which I don’t agree at all [➺ video]), the Kuísi is often called the "Colombian bagpipe" (hence the name Gaita); The instrument plays the central role in an "Indigenous bagpipe festival", that is held in San Jacinto (dept. Bolivar).