Malta’s Traditional Folk Instruments | S6 EP: 9, P1 | The Local Traveller with Clare Agius | Malta

Join Clare in Gozo as she visits Pietru, a passionate artisan keeping Malta’s traditional folk instruments alive. 🎶 From the quirky żafżafa/rabbaba (friction drum) made out of clay pots, paint buckets and even coffee pots, to the katuba, Tallira and haunting żammara pipes, Pietru shows how he handcrafts and reinvents these instruments using recycled materials. Along the way, he shares Carnival memories, stories of curious tourists in Dwejra, and the challenges of preserving a fading musical…

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