Dakkari (Nepali: डक्कारी) is a bowed string instrument of Mithila region in Nepal. It is a fiddle about 45 centimeters long (about 17 inches), carved from a single piece of wood, with two sound chambers covered with goatskin.[1] The instrument has six strings on it. The bow is made with hair from horse tail dipped into pine tar or rubbed with rosin.[1][2][3]
The instrument is played by the Domra caste in Teraai, Janakpur Zone.[1] The musicians play annually at the Bibaaha Panchami festival in December at the Goddess Janaki's temple in Janakpur.[1] Janaki and Sita are names for the same goddess. Another tradition had the musicians playing door to door for gifts, singing and playing the Ramayana and its tragedy of Sita.[1]
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edit- ^ a b c d e Kadel, Ram Prasad (2007). Musical Instruments of Nepal. Katmandu, Nepal: Nepali Folk Instrument Museum. p. 239. ISBN 978-9994688302.
- ^ "Nepali Musical Instruments - We All Nepali". Archived from the original on 2018-04-09. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
- ^ kandel, Ramprasad. बालबोध-हाम्रा लोक बाजाहरु (51 ed.). Sanothimi, Bhaktapur: Nepal government.
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