A bit of a surprise when we came across them - they started their evening with Scotland the Brave! Apparently this is the Dubai Police Band, although I don't know how they got this habit...
Absolutely right. Brought to Europe by the Romans through their Spanish ( Arab ) legions. It lasted in early European culture for centuries. As a lifelong piper, all I can say is; Thanks guys, Shukran akhwannaa ala haldhal musaahima al thameena fee hadharatnaa.
It is popular across Europe. During the Roman conquest, Spain was not Arabic. It was Celtic then Visigothic before the Vandals arrived. Arabs did not come in to Spain until the 7th C. The Spanish and Portuguese word for bagpipes is 'Gaita' which have cognates in Eastern Europe and Greek (gaida, duda, gujdy dudi). This hints that the bagpipes in Iberia were not from Roman influence but from Germanic Visigoths.
The earliest known reference to bagpipes is Hittite, and it certainly makes sense that a loud reed instrument popular among shepherd cultures would appear out of the Taurus. From there, it is natural that it would spread to Mesopotamia, Arabia, and Egypt
@@pemacal57 I'm well aware of the Hittite origins. But since the ancient Semitic semitic peoples shared a region with the Hittites all the way back to the Bronze Age, it is almost impossible that there would be no cultural exchange- and we know there was. We also know that Arabian use of bagpipe instruments predates the arrival of the British
this is sooooo odd we were celebrating at our school today and those were the same people who played at our school. they are awesome, from the police department in dubai if anyone wants know who they are.
The evidence for Roman and pre-Roman era bagpipes is still uncertain but several textual and visual clues have been suggested. The Oxford History of Music says that a sculpture of bagpipes has been found on a Hittite slab at Eyuk in the Middle East, dated to 1000 BC
Never existed bagpipes in Arabia….the pipes you are watching and listening comes from and because the British Empire presence at the area…with all my respect
You only have to watch this video to realise the influence is wholly 'British Army' (Scottish Regiments).There is even a Pipe/Drum Major strutting his stuff, for goodness sake! Of course bagpipes weren't 'invented' in Scotland ... unlike most other things ... but the influence here is clearly British Military.practice. Considering the unequalled worldwide vastness of the old British Empire, that's hardly a huge surprise?
gezobel I don’t think tribal traditions in the Arab world are allowed to be influenced by foreigners. I know for sure that my tribe would never allow that happen.
@@yousef.al-assaf Well Yousef . did your Native Pipers have 3 drones , as the Scottish Pipers did , also where did the Mace come from. British , mainly Scottish Regiments .
@@duncancallum We've been using bagpipes for centuries, and we were not the first Semitic nation to use it. The Babylonians were the first as I know then other Semites adopted this instrument. As for the three pipes, I can't answer on behalf of all the Arab tribes. My tribe uses a two-piped bagpipe. Also, the traditional Arab bagpipes are made of leather and not fabric, and they don't come with a mace.
my dear brother we use for too long time since days of our grandfathers it was one of most use music instrument we call it Kerba and Bado people was using it :) wish you get the answer
so many dumb comments. you're already on the internet if you're watching this so why not just look it up yourselves? yeesh. anyway... yes, the bagpipes and many other european instruments originated in the middle east. however, they were also reintroduced more recently in the scottish form by the british who colonised the area. this video is an example of that. if you want to hear the orinal variety just look up "persian bagpipe." thank you.
Its mashak and sruti upanga bagpipes . Also used by snake charmers in greater India. There you got Arabs Turks and Scots. India is very ancient and the English is indo european language , means roots are of india. Not because of colony since 1600 but from Tamil/Sanskrit gave birth to root words in most European languages. Titti also is another name. Their primordial shapes should not bother anyone.. Single reeds used and played as drone ans melody lead. It didnt come to us or aeabs from scotland .. The origin of collective civilisation startes in Africa and india was a part of Africa many billion years , dont know African bagpipes but they may have one too. Cheers
Indo European does not mean India. It refers to region between India and Europe. European aren't dark skinned and the Aryan features of northern India people is due to mix with the Aryans from the Indo-European region. There are many Indian cultural items that are actually from the Persian and Mesopotamia. Sitar might be seen as Indian, but is it really? the name itself hints Persian origin, Sehtar. Seh is three, Tar is strings. So Sehtar is three strings.
@@AnasSuhaimi sitar is the root of guitar but it's of Persian Aryan or Iranian. However veena is older than sitar, I assume. But every culture has their own kind of stringed lute or instrument. Mostly it evolved through cultures like sitar to guitar. Yes Indo European means between India and Europe. But linguistic evolution is more evident than musical. Samskritham to Latin to English (Indo European). North India is partly Iranian DNA than Dravidian DNA. The evolution of music from Africa to Other parts of the world isn't clear but Iran to western music is.
What you people need to understand is that Scotland isn't the only nation with bagpipes as a traditional instrument. The Arabs do have their own line of bagpipes called habban. As for the bagpipes we see here, these are simply remnants of British colonization.
Celt did not invent bag pipes it was Mesopotamia’s as celts wore migrating to Europe they stopped at modern day Tunisia and took the bag pipes with them
Curious to know when the Scots and Middle East met and exchanged musical knowledge....this is just weird. Nice sound...but I have never seen anyone play bagpipes except for Scots....
Good question: no answer, except (1) influence of British military tradition in countries once under British imperial rule, (2) almost everywhere has its own folk tradition of bagpipes (3) affinity between Scottish and Arab bagpipe musical scales
Fun fact: bagpipes did not originate in Scotland OR Ireland, they are one of the oldest instruments played by man, some believe they originated around parts of the middle east and egypt, others believe they originated in what now is pakistan. No one will truly know I guess.
+Scruffy Scrubs There are a variety of bagpipes played in the region, including the Ney Anban and other local varieties. Also exist in Egypt, Turkey and many former Roman Imperial territories.
Scruffy Scrubs the oldest bagpipes found is Egyptian. However these Saudis are using Scottish equipment and songs. It's almost blasphemy to me for that to happen
British brought them over with their army when the area was colonized. I don’t recognize the songs, but I think they may be from the region because of their melody style. The drumming style is prevalent in that particular section of the middle east.
I can't believe someone just commented and called these men Saudi despite the description clearly saying it's the Dubai Police and Dubai is part of the UAE. That's just as insensitive and ignorant as not knowing the difference between the Filipino and a Japanese just because they look similar you. guys are so freaking ignorant!
24 45 bagpipes actually come from Baghdad hence its name like how the aucostic guitar came from Arabs.even tartan how is it possible may u ask well during the crusades many europion knights went to the Middle East bringing back the customs
Ashley Oasis i know that bagpipes started in middle east or Egypt but they have distinct difference in region by region hence the one that they're using is Scottish highland bagpipes.
24 45 in my opinion the Persian one is better as it’s more like a flute not as loud meaning you can hear the melodies the Arabic and Scottish ones way to loud.but look at the palistine scarfs the keffeyia they also have a tartan design
It originally came from the middleast and egypt it was brought to scotland by the romans
Absolutely right. Brought to Europe by the Romans through their Spanish ( Arab ) legions. It lasted in early European culture for centuries. As a lifelong piper, all I can say is; Thanks guys, Shukran akhwannaa ala haldhal musaahima al thameena fee hadharatnaa.
@@janetwilson6069
Haha, ahlan w sahlan!
It is popular across Europe. During the Roman conquest, Spain was not Arabic. It was Celtic then Visigothic before the Vandals arrived. Arabs did not come in to Spain until the 7th C. The Spanish and Portuguese word for bagpipes is 'Gaita' which have cognates in Eastern Europe and Greek (gaida, duda, gujdy dudi). This hints that the bagpipes in Iberia were not from Roman influence but from Germanic Visigoths.
The Persians and Kurds also played pipe. South Kurdish music is heavily based on pipe.
Plot twist.. it's from India...😂😂
The earliest known reference to bagpipes is Hittite, and it certainly makes sense that a loud reed instrument popular among shepherd cultures would appear out of the Taurus. From there, it is natural that it would spread to Mesopotamia, Arabia, and Egypt
Hitites were indoeuropeans, not semiths or semititcs, and Arabians are pure semitics…no, with all respect, Arabians play bagpipes because British …
@@pemacal57 I'm well aware of the Hittite origins. But since the ancient Semitic semitic peoples shared a region with the Hittites all the way back to the Bronze Age, it is almost impossible that there would be no cultural exchange- and we know there was. We also know that Arabian use of bagpipe instruments predates the arrival of the British
@@CodaMission OK, thank you. But the origin of first “bagpipes” were not in Arabic Peninsula but more to the North ( Mesopotamia) .
@@pemacal57 Yes, as my first comment said.
@@CodaMission Yes, probably I do not understood properly your first comment.
You learn something new every day 🤷♀️
Very sweet rythmic music...
this is sooooo odd
we were celebrating at our school today and those were the same people who played at our school.
they are awesome, from the police department in dubai if anyone wants know who they are.
The evidence for Roman and pre-Roman era bagpipes is still uncertain but several textual and visual clues have been suggested. The Oxford History of Music says that a sculpture of bagpipes has been found on a Hittite slab at Eyuk in the Middle East, dated to 1000 BC
Greetings from a piper from the USA New York
i think they visited a few years ago
Wow some people really think its from Britania. Bagpipes existed in the middle east and Arabia before Scotland was found.
Never existed bagpipes in Arabia….the pipes you are watching and listening comes from and because the British Empire presence at the area…with all my respect
Excuse me Mr Bongo man, you are on FIRE!
Absolutely incredible 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 wow are the conga’s traditional? I love that combination with the bagpipes
off.... bay God vary good you... man
Que lindo!!! Parabéns adorei. 👏
You only have to watch this video to realise the influence is wholly 'British Army' (Scottish Regiments).There is even a Pipe/Drum Major strutting his stuff, for goodness sake!
Of course bagpipes weren't 'invented' in Scotland ... unlike most other things ... but the influence here is clearly British Military.practice. Considering the unequalled worldwide vastness of the old British Empire, that's hardly a huge surprise?
gezobel
I don’t think tribal traditions in the Arab world are allowed to be influenced by foreigners.
I know for sure that my tribe would never allow that happen.
@@yousef.al-assaf Well Yousef . did your Native Pipers have 3 drones , as the Scottish Pipers did , also where did the Mace come from. British , mainly Scottish Regiments .
@@duncancallum
We've been using bagpipes for centuries, and we were not the first Semitic nation to use it. The Babylonians were the first as I know then other Semites adopted this instrument.
As for the three pipes, I can't answer on behalf of all the Arab tribes. My tribe uses a two-piped bagpipe.
Also, the traditional Arab bagpipes are made of leather and not fabric, and they don't come with a mace.
Bagpipes originated in the Muslim world we have drawings from 8th century baghdad depicting people playing the bag pipe
Yes, but the bag pipe influence no, there's other bag pipes much older than the Scottish one called habban
Wonderful
Wow, how cool is this...
The best.
Really cool!
beautiful
excellent!
Love it
Great musicians
@Kra7as true as that is, this is clearly a great highland bagpipe style pipeband, plus some local percussion
WOW IT IS WONDERFUL MUSIC I EVER LISTENED IT IS WONDERFUL
Excellent
yeah
The best 🤗🤗
@Kra7as This is true, but the Scots did for the bagpipe what the slicer did for bread.
my dear brother we use for too long time
since days of our grandfathers
it was one of most use music instrument we call it Kerba
and Bado people was using it :)
wish you get the answer
That's true
Haidar Al-Sagban it originated from the middleast it was brought to scotland by the romans
so many dumb comments. you're already on the internet if you're watching
this so why not just look it up yourselves? yeesh. anyway... yes, the
bagpipes and many other european instruments originated in the middle
east. however, they were also reintroduced more recently in the scottish form by the
british who colonised the area. this video is an example of that. if you want to hear the orinal variety just look up "persian bagpipe." thank you.
Haggis came also from North Africa. Tunisia precisely by the roman soldiers.
There was a confluence of Arabic and Celtic cultures in Spain - El Andalus
Oh yes, just that 700 years appart one from the other😅
Bagpipe is originally Mesopotamian.
House Atreides!
Nice to see them playing my tunes.
Tune,dress and displine is praisable.
Jug jug jio
Super ❤
v nice
Wow
Is this any song? Tune ?
Any name ?
Who watch this video 2021
Nice it’s same my style when I play but not much
Awesome
Os árabes se garantem na gaita de fole ...
This band is from dubai police from UAE
@Kra7as Aye indeed......I think actually Scotland is one the last places in the Bagpipish evolutionary journey.... :-)
Its mashak and sruti upanga bagpipes . Also used by snake charmers in greater India. There you got Arabs Turks and Scots. India is very ancient and the English is indo european language , means roots are of india. Not because of colony since 1600 but from Tamil/Sanskrit gave birth to root words in most European languages. Titti also is another name. Their primordial shapes should not bother anyone.. Single reeds used and played as drone ans melody lead. It didnt come to us or aeabs from scotland .. The origin of collective civilisation startes in Africa and india was a part of Africa many billion years , dont know African bagpipes but they may have one too. Cheers
Indo European does not mean India. It refers to region between India and Europe.
European aren't dark skinned and the Aryan features of northern India people is due to mix with the Aryans from the Indo-European region.
There are many Indian cultural items that are actually from the Persian and Mesopotamia.
Sitar might be seen as Indian, but is it really? the name itself hints Persian origin, Sehtar. Seh is three, Tar is strings. So Sehtar is three strings.
@@AnasSuhaimi sitar is the root of guitar but it's of Persian Aryan or Iranian. However veena is older than sitar, I assume. But every culture has their own kind of stringed lute or instrument. Mostly it evolved through cultures like sitar to guitar. Yes Indo European means between India and Europe. But linguistic evolution is more evident than musical. Samskritham to Latin to English (Indo European). North India is partly Iranian DNA than Dravidian DNA. The evolution of music from Africa to Other parts of the world isn't clear but Iran to western music is.
I have no doubt bagpipes are not originally Scottish. but most of what this band does and how they do .... seems very scottish
الله يا دار زايد كيف محلاها
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What you people need to understand is that Scotland isn't the only nation with bagpipes as a traditional instrument. The Arabs do have their own line of bagpipes called habban.
As for the bagpipes we see here, these are simply remnants of British colonization.
Sir I m bag Piper and band March displayar with music but I have no job. I need a job
Celt did not invent bag pipes it was Mesopotamia’s as celts wore migrating to Europe they stopped at modern day Tunisia and took the bag pipes with them
Hello sir I want to some talk with you
I am nouman khalid from pakistan I am piper
Curious to know when the Scots and Middle East met and exchanged musical knowledge....this is just weird. Nice sound...but I have never seen anyone play bagpipes except for Scots....
Good question: no answer, except (1) influence of British military tradition in countries once under British imperial rule, (2) almost everywhere has its own folk tradition of bagpipes (3) affinity between Scottish and Arab bagpipe musical scales
Fun fact: bagpipes did not originate in Scotland OR Ireland, they are one of the oldest instruments played by man, some believe they originated around parts of the middle east and egypt, others believe they originated in what now is pakistan. No one will truly know I guess.
+Scruffy Scrubs There are a variety of bagpipes played in the region, including the Ney Anban and other local varieties. Also exist in Egypt, Turkey and many former Roman Imperial territories.
Scruffy Scrubs the oldest bagpipes found is Egyptian. However these Saudis are using Scottish equipment and songs. It's almost blasphemy to me for that to happen
British brought them over with their army when the area was colonized. I don’t recognize the songs, but I think they may be from the region because of their melody style. The drumming style is prevalent in that particular section of the middle east.
as long as people play music, they cant be up to other mischief, so pipe away, laddies
Uae
وعاد دورو هذي المعزوفه من هنا 👇
"although I don't know how they got this habit..." lol someone forgot the British impair
Wrong. It's really old. Bagpipes predate Islam in Arabia.
Bagpipe reeds were found in the pyramids.
It is believed that Bagpipes were brought to Scotland by the Romans
لحن عمااااني بحت
I can't believe someone just commented and called these men Saudi despite the description clearly saying it's the Dubai Police and Dubai is part of the UAE. That's just as insensitive and ignorant as not knowing the difference between the Filipino and a Japanese just because they look similar you. guys are so freaking ignorant!
Shut the fuck up, we all arabs are one. Especially the gulf countries thr people look alike
ههههه مدرسه طابور صباح
They are good! I have heard much worse. Let's just hope it's not all playback...
Arabian pipers using scots highland bagpipes
24 45 bagpipes actually come from Baghdad hence its name like how the aucostic guitar came from Arabs.even tartan how is it possible may u ask well during the crusades many europion knights went to the Middle East bringing back the customs
Ashley Oasis i know that bagpipes started in middle east or Egypt but they have distinct difference in region by region hence the one that they're using is Scottish highland bagpipes.
24 45 in my opinion the Persian one is better as it’s more like a flute not as loud meaning you can hear the melodies the Arabic and Scottish ones way to loud.but look at the palistine scarfs the keffeyia they also have a tartan design
Ashley Oasis potassium.
24 45 huh
এই মানুষ খুব ভালো হয়🌝🌝🙏
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Do'nt talk in families and clans. It's prehistoric.
Muslims with bagpipes what?
Fake, i think
Us Scots were born fighting. My ancestors fought in the American Civil War and Revolution, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq. It is our culture
American civil war...?
Vietnam?!?!
give me a bag to vomit
Omg they sound terrible