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The 2022 Edinburgh Military Tattoo pipes and drums. The term tattoo derives from a 17th-century Dutch phrase doe den tap toe ("turn off the tap") a signal to tavern owners each night, played by a regiment's Corps of Drums, to turn off the taps of their ale kegs so that the soldiers would retire to their billeted lodgings at a reasonable hour. [1]
The biannual Hamina Tattoo in Finland is the official military tattoo event of the Finnish Defense Forces. The National Military Tattoo in the Rotterdam Ahoy indoor stadium, held since 1948, is the official military tattoo of the Armed forces of the Netherlands. It was formerly held in Delft and Breda before moving to Rotterdam in 2006.
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Edinburgh Castle illuminated during the Edinburgh Military Tattoo The city hosts a series of festivals that run between the end of July and early September each year. The best known of these events are the Edinburgh Festival Fringe , the Edinburgh International Festival, the Edinburgh Military Tattoo , the Edinburgh Art Festival and the ...
A massed band of pipe bands from the school at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Pipes and Drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards; Pipes and Drums of the Royal Dragoon Guards; Pipes and Drums of the Queen's Royal Hussars; Pipes and Drums of the Royal Tank Regiment; Pipes and Drums of the Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry (Reserve)
"Tattoo" is a bugle call played in the evening in the British Army and the United States Army. The original concept of this call was played on the snare drum and was known as "tap-too", with the same rule applying. Later on, the name was applied to more elaborate military performances, known as military tattoos.
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