Dankiyo

Dankiyo (from ancient Greek: To angeion (Τὸ ἀγγεῖον)), is an ancient word from the text of Evliya Çelebi (17th century, Ottoman Era "The Laz's of Trebizond invented a bagpipe called a dankiyo..."[1] describing the Pontian tulum, a type of bagpipe which the ancient Greeks called an askaulos (ἀσκός askos – wine-skin, αὐλός aulos – flute).

It consists of a lamb skin, a blow pipe, and the double reed chanter.

A similar type of bagpipe possessing fewer holes can be found on the islands of Greece.

Its use is also widespread in the region of Macedonia in Northern Greece amongst Pontian Greek populations.

Ancient Greek: To angeion (Τὸ ἀγγεῖον) "the vessel".

Pontic bagpipe/dankiyo/tulum