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The violí de bufa is Catalan instrument, a type of bladder fiddle, made of a pig's bladder connected to a bowed stick of cane, over which pass one to three strings, that are "bowed" with another knobby stick, as though playing the double bass.[1]
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In Ripoll and other places bordering the Ter, the instrument is traditionally played during Carnestoltes (Carnival), and produces a deep and dull sound, like a simbomba marina.[1]
The instrument has been labeled primitive and unrefined, but despite its limited repertoire historically found popularity with peasant dances and popular songs.[1]
Bufa is Aragonese for "pig's bladder."[2][3] The word means "buffoonery" in Spanish.[4]
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