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Greek bagpiper Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida

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Series 1577, 1985 Florida Folk Festival ; no 30
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Arts (Performing)--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Musical traditions, European
Folklore revival festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Community rites--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Practices
Belief and custom
Festivals, Events and Conferences
Ethnicity, Greek
Tsabouna
Bagpipe, Greek
Apprentices
Music--Performance
Folk music
Bagpipe music
Musical instruments--Greece
Wind instruments
Woodwind instruments
Bagpipe
Greek Americans
Performing arts--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Musicians--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Greek American musicians
Instrumentalists
Bagpipers
Manners and customs
Recreation--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Folk festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Entertainers--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
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Standing at the right is his apprentice George Pilatos. In the middle is Antonios Tsimouris. Today playing the tsabouna, sometimes spelled tsambouna or tzamboura, is a vanishing art, even in Greece. It is believed that the instrument was developed by herdsmen to pass time while tending sheep and goats. Tsabouna music is played in rhythmic patterns unlike the two, three, and four beat music to which most Americans are accustomed. It is dance music and nearly every tune has a song associated with it. Often the lyrics are improvised spontaneously. The repertoire of tunes, playing style and melodic ornamentation vary from one Greek island to the next.
Biographical Note
Tsimouris learned to play the tsabouna, an ancient Greek bagpipe, while growing up on the island of Kalymnos. He was awarded the National Heritage Fellowship in recognition of his ability to make the goatskin instrument and for his continued performances at social functions in Tarpon Springs.

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Nusz, Nancy, Collector. Greek bagpiper Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida. 1985-05-24. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/60233>, accessed 3 July 2025.
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Nusz, Nancy, Collector. Greek bagpiper Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida. 1985-05-24. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/60233>
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