Velha Gaiteira is a Portuguese traditional music project which has on Beira Baixa (mountains area of the centre of Portugal) their main influence. It can be said that this project was born from the will of promoting the Portuguese Bagpipe and the traditional percussion of Beira Baixa. Velha Gaiteira is a project with great traditional roots; the band pretend to transform their themes in true tributes to an ancient character of the Portuguese Folk, the Velha Gaiteira, which, according to folk stories, was all the women who loved parties and everything that could gather the People, as, for example, music. It is a Beira Baixa traditional character and nobody knows, exactly where or when it was born. Today, one only knows that someone that was called Velha Gaiteira, was a happy person, that learned, with the people that worked in the fields, how to get through life always seeing the bright side of things, singing and having fun with all the good and bad things that happen, so that it could be remembered.