Nikitas Tsimouris playing the Tsabouna (Greek bagpipe) in his home

Fieldwork

Tsabouna

Musical instruments

Music performance

Arts, Greek

Greek Americans

Bagpipes

Bagpipers

Performing arts

Musicians

Twenty color slides. The tsabouna is made from sheep's skin; often called the Greek bagpipe. Images created as fieldwork for the apprenticeship program. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.

State Archives of Florida, Series S1577

1984-11

Florida Folklife Program

slides (photographs)

Still Image

S1577

v. 33

S86-1067 - S86-1086

Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Owen, Blanton, 1945-1998

Tsimouris, Nikitas, 1924-2001

Greek American

1948

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