Diple s mijehom (f) (plurale tantum)
Bagpipe, mouth-blown: 1 stock (double chanter) / no drones
From Greek διπλός (dhyplos [double]), ("with [a] bag"); Mainly, but not exclusively, in western Hercegovina: Bosanski Petrovac; [Bukovica region, or a village N of Banja Luka, or NNW of Cazin, Bosnia?]; Čapljina; Donje Hrasno; Dračevo; Duži; Gacko; Gornji Vakuf; Gradac; Hutovo, Jajce (surroundings); Kočerin; Kralje; Kreševo [mentioned in 1863]; Livanjsko Polje region (Mihaljevići; Potkraj; Zagoričani); Prov. Livno; Mokro; Mrkonjić Grad (surroundings); District Neum (incl. Klek peninsula); Oko Bjelašnice; Posušje; Prozor and surroundings; Rastovača; Stolac; Tiškovac; Travnik (surroundings; ➺ Gajde (bez trubnja)); Vitina; Žepče; NB¹: = Bishnicë (Albania), Diple (Montenegro), Dude (Slovenia), Mishnicë (Kosovo), and Mješnica (Croatia); NB²: ➺ Piva (Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy); NB³: ➺ homonyms, &c.; NB4: ➺ Mešnica.
The bag, held between the arms of the player, is pressed against his chest; If played without the bag, the stock serves as a yoke.
Dipala, Dipla, Diple s mišinom, Diple s mješinom, Diplice, Dipličice, Diplye, Gajde (bez trubnja), Mih diple, Svirala
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