The violí de bufa is Catalan instrument, a type of bladder fiddle, made of a pig's bladder connected to a bowed stick of cane, over which pass one to three strings, that are "bowed" with another knobby stick, as though playing the double bass.[1]
In Ripoll and other places bordering the Ter, the instrument is traditionally played during Carnestoltes (Carnival), and produces a deep and dull sound, like a simbomba marina.[1]
The instrument has been labeled primitive and unrefined, but despite its limited repertoire historically found popularity with peasant dances and popular songs.[1]
Bufa is Aragonese for "pig's bladder."[2][3] The word means "buffoonery" in Spanish.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Amades, Joan (1997). Costumari Català: Auques, instruments musicals i Nadal. Barcelona: Salvat Editores, S.A. p. 153. ISBN 84-345-9682-2.
- ^ "La leyenda del Cerro de la Bufa". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). 2004-03-18. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "Eventola - Cerro de la "Bufa"". Archived from the original on 17 December 2007.
- ^ "bufa". Retrieved 9 December 2020.
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