Assamese musical instruments

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This is a list of musical instruments used in traditional music of Assam, India.Folk instruments of assam

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Name of instrumentName in AssameseNotes
Pepa পেঁপাPepais a wind instrument and has a major role in Assamese music.
TokaটকাToka is an important Assamese musical instrument. It is made up of bamboo. [1] [2]
Gogona গগণাGogona is a popular Assamese instrument. It is made of bamboo which is vibrated to produce sound.
XutuliসুতুলিXutuli is used by Assamese people. [3]
Banhi বাঁহীBanhi or bamboo flute is popular in Assam. [2]
BeenবীনBeen is an old Assamese instrument [4]
Bhortal ভোঁৰতালBhortal is used in Vaishnavite culture of Assam mostly. It is made up of metal. [5]
Khramখ্ৰামKhram is a long instrument. [6] [2]
MadolমাডলMadol is popular in Assam. [6] [2]
BihutalবিহুতালBihutal is a small kind of patital. It is made up of metal. [6]
Tokari টোকাৰীTokari is played in Assam very often. [6] । [7]
XingaশিঙাXinga is a wind instrument [2]
Khol খোলKhol is popular in Assamese music. It is a two faced drum, played with hands. It was originally brought from erstwhile Bengal and modified here with the emergence of Vaishnavism.
DobaডবাDobas are played in namghars. It is a drum beaten usually with sticks or hands. [2] It is also used in assamese bhaona. In ancient times it was used as a communication drum as well as to signify war or occasion.
Mridongo মৃদঙ্গThis is a unique traditional percussion instrument which used to be very common in the folk music of Assam played by native ethnic groups along with religious traditions and rites but is now very hard to find except in some selected areas due to emergence of the Khol brought from erstwhile Bengal. The Mridonga of Assam is quite similar to the Khasi Ksing if we compare them. It was considered a holy instrument.
Dogor [2] ডগৰ
DotaraদোতোৰাDotara is a stringed instrument and has two strings. [2]
Nagara নাগাৰাNagara is common between Assamese masses. It consists of two drums played together.
Dhol ঢোলDhol is a two faced drum, played with a stick and a hand. Assamese dhol is comparatively smaller than other dhols but relatively produce loud sound.
Bor Dholবৰ ঢোলIt is a large aboriginal log drum played mostly by the Keot(Kaibarta) community of Lower Assam in various indigenous festivals & other occasions producing a deep base tribal sound. It has two sides, one of which is played by hand and the other by a (mari)stick.
Kahlia/Kaila কালীয়া/কাইলাIt is a pipe (seven holed) instrument producing a high pitch sound. It is almost similar to the Khasi Tangmuri.
Joi Dholজয় ঢোলIt is a type of drum played mostly in the undivided Darrang region by the Keot(Kaibarta) ethnic group originally in Shamanistic origin dance and festivals. It has two sides, one of which is played with hand and the other with a stick producing a distinctive sound.

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Xobdo multilingual online dictionary search result". Xobdo multilingual online dictionary. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Home". Anvesha.co.in. Archived from the original on 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
  4. ↑ "Home". Anvesha.co.in. Archived from the original on 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
  5. ↑ "Taal". Anvesha.co.in. Archived from the original on 2016-05-27. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
  6. 1 2 3 4 লোকবাদ্য তুমি নাথাকিলে বসন্তক আদৰিম কিদৰে, তাৰিখ: ৬ এপ্ৰিল, ২০১২, আহৰণ: ১০ এপ্ৰিল, ২০১২, পৃষ্ঠা: ৯
  7. ↑ "টোকাৰী". Xobdo.org. Retrieved 21 Feb 2023.
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