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The Galician gaita (Galician: Gaita galega, Portuguese: Gaita galega, Spanish: Gaita gallega) is the traditional instrument of Galicia and northern Portugal.[1]
The word gaita is used across northern Spain as a generic term for "bagpipe", although in the south of Spain and Portugal it denotes a variety of horn, flute or oboe like instruments according to region.
- ^ Miguélez-Carballeira, Helena, ed. (2014). A Companion to Galician Culture. Vol. 344. Tamesis. p. 183. ISBN 978-1-85566-277-3.