Tokari Geet
Tokari
geet is a type of Assamese folk song sung playing a Tokari. Earlier it was
called Tokari naam. It is so called because a tokari is played while singing
it. A tokari is a single stringed musical instrument played with the fingers; a
kind of guitar.
These are usually philosophical songs based on human life,
stories from Ramayana, Mahabharata, gods and goddesses. Besides, stories of
Sankardev and Madhavdeva are also sung here. A tokari can be played with Dihanaam,
but it cannot be called a tokari geet.
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