The Great Highland Bagpipes are pictured because most St Patrick's Day parades include pipe bands that play that particular instrument. Another name for the Great Highland Bagpipe is Irish War Pipe--the Irish developed them in the first place (although every culture on the planet has a bagpipe of some kind), and the Scots very enthusiastically adopted them.
The Great Highland Bagpipes are pictured because most St Patrick's Day parades include pipe bands that play that particular instrument. Another name for the Great Highland Bagpipe is Irish War Pipe--the Irish developed them in the first place (although every culture on the planet has a bagpipe of some kind), and the Scots very enthusiastically adopted them.