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2. Folks instruments The most common musical instrument is the flute. It is in a strong relation with the animal growing, mostly with the shepherds. The sound is gained through the complete stoppage or through the opening with fingers of the lateral air holes so that the air vibrates in the tube. The bagpipe is made of a goat leather bag called „burduf”. The air goes through it like in a tank, then through a small pipe made of metal or bone. On the bulkhead opposed to the pipe you find two flutes which hermetic communicate with the interior. The longest flute has a fixed sound that goes together with the whole bagpipe’s tune. During the tune, the bagpipe player compresses the goatskin under his arm so that the air flows through the flutes. This way, the short flute’s hole can be handled with the fingers, just like a normal flute. The bagpipe has elements of scupture. The goatskin has the flutes made of scultured wood. Geometrical figures are whittled on it or it has the shape of an animal head, mostly goat head. Another archaic instrument is the pan-pipe. It is made of the sum of different reed or elder tubes, about twenty of them having different dimensions. These tubes are enclosed with wax stoppers in their inferior part and are opened in the upper part. The pan-pipe player creates the sounds by introducing the air in the upper part.