Habbān Explained

Habban
Names:	هبان
Classification:	Bagpiping
Related:	Ney anban (Iran) Bock (Central European) Cimpoi (Romanian) Duda (Hungarian/Polish) Koza (Polish) Diple (Dalmatian Coast) Mih (Istrian) Tulum (Turkish and Pontic) Tsambouna (Dodecanese and Cyclades) Askambandoura (Crete) Gajdy (Polish/Czech/Slovak) Gaita (Galician)([Asturian]) Surle (Serbian/Croatian) Mezoued/Zukra (Tunisia/Libya) Guda, tulum (Laz people) Dankiyo, zimpona (Pontic) Parakapzuk (Armenia) Gudastviri (Georgia (country)) Tsimboni (Georgia (country))(Adjara) Shuvyr (Circassians) Sahbr, Shapar (Chuvashia) Tulug (Azerbaijan) Volynka (Ukrainian: Волинка), (Russian: Волынка) (Ukraine, Russia) Swedish bagpipes (Sweden) Zampogna (Italy)

The habbān (or hibbān^[1]) is a type of bagpipe used in the coastal regions of the Persian Gulf (especially Bahrain and Kuwait). The term ḥabbān (هبان) is one of several Arabic terms for the bagpipes. The term is drawn from Hanbān (هنبان), the Persian word for "bag.".^[2] In Gulf states the term habban refers to the traditional Holi (inhabitants of the eastern coast of the Persian Gulf) bagpipe.^[3] The habbān is also called the jirbah (Arabic: جربة).^[4] It is similar to the Ney-anbān and jirba.

While the term itself is generic, in Oman the term habban is used specifically for a nativized variant of the Great Highland bagpipe that has been incorporated into local music.^[5]

See also

• Jirba
• Ney-anbān
• List of bagpipes#Southwest Asia

External links

• "The art of the "jirbah" (in Arabic)

Notes and References

1. Stanley Sadie. The New Grove dictionary of musical instruments. Macmillan Press, 1984. 0943818052, 9780943818054
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=RhpFQpXwddoC&dq=bagpipe+habban&pg=PA183 Hurreiz, Sayed Hamid A. Folklore and folklife in the United Arab Emirates. RoutledgeCurzon 2002.
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=ACS3J9mVInMC&dq=bedouin+habban&pg=PA54 Dipiazza, Francesca Davis. Kuwait in Pictures. Twenty-First Century Books (CT), 2006.
4. Urkevich, Lisa (2015). Music and traditions of the Arabian Peninsula : Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar. New York: Routledge. .
5. Web site: Oman Centre for Traditional Music . 2008-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080419075432/http://www.octm-folk.gov.om/meng/instrument_mel03.asp . 2008-04-19 . dead .