Trembita
alpine horn
The trembita (from the old Germanic trumba, "to trumpet", in Ukrainian трембíта) is a type of an alpine horn made of wood. It is common among Galicians highlanders Hutsuls who live in western Ukraine (Galicia), eastern Poland, Slovakia, and northern Romania. In Poland it is known as a trombita (in the south), a bazuna (in the north), or a ligawka (in central Poland). Trembita is also one of the Galician folk musical instruments.
Etymology
The word "trembita" is believed to be derived from Romanian trîmbiță. In the Romanian language itself, it is probably a Slavicism - from Proto-Slavic *trǫbica < *trǫba (in Ukrainian труба).
The variant "trombita" is apparently borrowed from Hungarian trombita, where it comes from Italian trombetta.
Description
A trembita was used primarily by mountain dwellers known as Hutsuls and Gorals in the Carpathians, it was used as a signaling device to announce deaths, funerals, weddings.
The tube is made from a long straight piece of pine or spruce (preferably one that has been struck by lightning) which is split in two in order to carve out the core. The halves are once again joined together and then wrapped in birch bark or osier rings.
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