Pygmy Celts Discovered!!!!
 

Hi Guys,
Rare photograph of 'Pygmy Celts' complete with colourful tribal markings in preparation for a national day of celebration and remembrance.
Happy Saint Andrews day to you all.
Kind Regards,
Norman.

Norm

They are really cute. Only problem is you left out the mini sized swords,spears and shields ;) :D You are too quick I just noticed you switched the pictures.

Lew,
These are Glasgow Tribe members, re the hardware you could ask them to turn out their pockets???? 'at your peril of course'.
Kind Regards,
Norman.

They can't be Celts. They don't carry bagpipes..!

: )

No need to be a Celt to 'wrestle' with the pipes. ;) :D
Kind Regards,
Norman.

Back to the Celts, a Piper of the 42nd Regiment of Foot C1850 complete with the sharp pointy accessories.
Regards,
Norman.

Looks like the Wee Free Men to me!

F

What about the other bagpipes of Europe??? Even in the British Isles there are Irish Uillean Pipes, Northunbrian Small Pipes, Scottish Lowland and Half Long Pipes - all with a longer history than the ubiquitous 'War Pipes'

Somebody mentioned Europe?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_r5I0G4HuI

This is Europe ... too ;) .

The history and origin of the 'bagpipe' is truly multinational and varied and the countries involved too numerous to list. I guess wherever there was a fellow blowing 'hot air' a bagpipe surely followed. I reckon a good blast on the pipes is a great cure for a 'talkative wife' though, I don't know why but somehow it seems to end those unwanted conversations!!!! :rolleyes: :D
Kind Regards to All,
Norman.

A version from Crete (askomadura)
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Tkh7VT7c8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSEOHpeGn0Q

and a version from mainland Greece:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBdib...eature=related

Well, then they shpould carry some Harps!

Just kidding.

I have always find it interesting that all the celtic nations share such interest for the bagpipes. I love their music, but my wife hates it whenever I play a CD of Camerata Meiga, Luar da Lubre, Milladoiro or Hevia.

All I can surmise is that when the Romans conquered Galicia, Asturias and Northern Portugal, they brought the Bagpipes to those regions. When the Celts became auxiliaries of the Romans, they brought them in their second landing on the British Isles, which was the seed for their dispersion there.

Best

M