Tsabouna

The word comes from the Italian "zampogna". Etymologically, tsabouna is related to the Greek word "symphonia", meaning "sounding together", which was later applied to a type of bagpipe.

While interest in the bagpipe is growing again across Europe, often after a long decline or even extinction, in 2006 the ethnomusicologist Wolf Dietrich noted: "Greece seems to be the only country in Europe where there is no revival of the bagpipe." Since then, traditional musicians on Ikaria have brought about a partial revival, and the tsabouna is heard more and more at festivals on Ikaria and across the Aegean islands.