Dakkari, the Glossary
Dakkari (डक्कारी) is a bowed string instrument of Mithila region in Nepal.[1]
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8 relations: Bowed string instrument, List of Nepali musical instruments, Mithila (region), Pine tar, Ramayana, Rosin, Sita, Vivaha Panchami.
- String instrument stubs
- Stringed instruments of Nepal
Bowed string instrument
Bowed string instruments are a subcategory of string instruments that are played by a bow rubbing the strings.
See Dakkari and Bowed string instrument
List of Nepali musical instruments
This list contains "traditional" musical instruments used in Nepal.
See Dakkari and List of Nepali musical instruments
Mithila (region)
Mithila, also known as Tirhut, Tirabhukti and Mithilanchal, is a geographical and cultural region of the Indian subcontinent bounded by the Mahananda River in the east, the Ganges in the south, the Gandaki River in the west and by the foothills of the Himalayas in the north.
See Dakkari and Mithila (region)
Pine tar
Pine tar is a form of wood tar produced by the high temperature carbonization of pine wood in anoxic conditions (dry distillation or destructive distillation).
Ramayana
The Ramayana (translit-std), also known as Valmiki Ramayana, as traditionally attributed to Valmiki, is a smriti text (also described as a Sanskrit epic) from ancient India, one of the two important epics of Hinduism known as the Itihasas, the other being the Mahabharata.
Rosin
Rosin, also called colophony or Greek pitch (pix graeca), is a solid form of resin obtained from pines and some other plants, mostly conifers, produced by heating fresh liquid resin to vaporize the volatile liquid terpene components.
Sita
Sita, also known as Siya, Janaki and Maithili, is a Hindu goddess and the female protagonist of the Hindu epic Ramayana.
See Dakkari and Sita
Vivaha Panchami
Vivaha Panchami is a Hindu festival celebrating the wedding of Rama and Sita in the Janakpurdham which was the capital city of Mithila.
See Dakkari and Vivaha Panchami
See also
String instrument stubs
- Asor
- Bajo quinto
- Box bass
- Chikara (instrument)
- Dakkari
- Ducheke
- Dudumanku
- Gubguba
- Kaisatsuko
- Martelé (bowstroke)
- Mezrab (plectrum)
- Purfling
- Relief (music)
- Scroll (music)
- Seni rebab
- Shoshannim
- Sound box
- T'yngryng
- Tokari
- Whamola
- Yakatat