The video is a dramatisation about the musical instrument Kortal from the state of Assam in India. It starts with a fictional story about the origins and then gets into the construction of Kortal. The video contains glimpses of folk culture and Neo-Vaishnavite culture in the form of devotional songs, references to history. This format has been chosen so that the video can evoke widespread interest in the community where it is intended to be distributed. Kortal is made of a piece of bamboo about half cubit long bifurcated and levelled. It is played by placing it in the palm in accompanying devotional music. Amongst the different classification of musical instruments, the Kortal can be called an Audiophone
“Kortal” was possible thanks to the support of the Ecoversities Alliance 2020 Publication, Film and Multimedia Initiative.