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Gaita zuliana* (f)

(with) definite article: la

NEITHER a bagpipe term, NOR related to any of the other instruments treated in this survey

Identical types: 36

NOT a bagpipe, but a term used for a type (style) of folk music, a combination of music and poetry, from Maracaibo (Zulia State), and therefore sometimes also called Gaita maracaibera.


Sources

Acevedo G., Antonio J.: Ensayo sobre la Gaita zuliana [Essay on the "Gaita" festival of Zulia]. Maracaibo, 1966.