An old relative of the Bulgarian Gaida is still available.

Those familiar with the Turkish and Greek bagpipes know that the Macedonian Gaida is practically identical to the Kaba Gaida. Same chanter, reeds, and goat-bag. The other Greek Bagpipe, Tsabuouna, has two chanters, no drone, and the same goat-skin bag as the Bulgarian/Macedonian Gaida.

Well, I got the great-granddaddy of all old-world bagpipes last week, the Tunesian Mezoued. If you take the Greek Tsabuouna, but give it an even more-goat-shaped skin-bag, you got it. The Mezoued is a double-chanter bagpipe made from cane. What's really interesting is that the reeds in the one that I got are the exact same size as the ones in my Kaba Gaida. Of course, the music that can be played on it is very limited, but it sure has a wonderful goaty-look to it!

The Turkish version of this instrument is the Zurka, and it likely passed from North Africa through Greece and Macedonia, before the ancient Bulgarians heard it and said "No thanks!" yeah -- this instrument, and it's greek and turkish cousins sound terrible, and have only 6 notes. The Bulgarians were wise to not adopt it :)

However, with a Kaba Gaida and a Mezoued, it should be possible to recreate the look and feel of ancient Mediterranean music, such as doing historical re-enactments.