panpipes

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X-rays showed that the adult male-who was buried with items of social prestige such as panpipes, a four-pointed hat, and a snuffing tray-had damage near the nose, perhaps from sniffing.

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  • When he played his panpipes, he sometimes crescendoed. —  Faun ; Games
  • The syrinx: Named after the nymph who turned into a reed to hide from Pan, this was the forerunner of the panpipes. —  Signs of the Times
  • Why do we always get massaged to the bleating, aural kapok of Enya and Enigma and those ubiquitous, Peruvian sodding panpipes? —  whoar.co.nz
  • I'm not much a fan, but played by panpipes, Simply Red's music makes for great company in an elevator. —  The Lost Boy
  • The musicians teach the participants how to assemble the panpipes, called pallas, and finish the workshop by teaching all participants how to play a simple traditional Andean song.
 

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