Instruments

“Kortal” for the Ecoversity Alliance

The video is a dramatisation about the musical instrument Kortal from the state of Assam in India. It starts with…

4 years ago

“Xutuli” for the Ecoversity Alliance

A dramatisation about the musical instrument Xutuli from the state of Assam in India. The video starts with the probable…

4 years ago

Anandalohari or Gopiyantra

It is a kind of Tokari. It is made out of a wooden bottle gourd shell. The lower portion of…

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Kodital or Ghilatal

An Audiophone instrument, it is made of a small bamboo spike about 3 feet long to be grasped with the…

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Ektara or Laotokari

It is made from a hollow bottle gourd attached to a bifurcated bamboo cylinder closed at one end. The bottom…

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Daskathiya

Daskathiya (Audiphone) is made from two bamboo strips about 8 inches long and 2 inches wide. It is accompanied with…

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Rogoidang

Rogoidang (Audiphone) is one of those instruments of the Tea-Tribes that are obsolete now. It is made of the bigger…

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Kichokbenu

Kichokbenu (Cordophone) is a bamboo cylinder with nodes at both ends stripped off it's outer rind. A bridge is passed…

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Samuk-tal

Samuk-tal is 3 or 4 pair of snail shells tied to a bamboo splinter. They are played with a small…

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Kortal

Kortal is made of a piece of bamboo about half cubit long bifurcated and levelled. It is played by placing…

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