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{{Infobox Instrument<br />
|name= Tokari<br />
|image=File:Singer playing 'Tokari'.jpg<br />
|caption=A Singer playing 'Tokari'<br />
|background=string<br />
|classification=* [[String instruments]]<br />
|range=<br />
|related=<br />
*Dotora<br />
*[[Sitar]]<br />
*[[Guitar]]<br />
}}<br />
The '''Tokari''' ([[Assamese language|Assamese]]: টোকাৰী) is a stringed instrument played with the fingertips.<ref>{{cite web|title=TOKARI |url=https://indianculture.gov.in/musical-instruments/tat-vadya/tokari|accessdate=21 Feb 2023|publisher=Indian Culture Portal}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=টোকাৰী |url=https://www.xobdo.org/dic/tokari|accessdate=21 Feb 2023|website=Xobdo.org}}</ref> The Tokari is the most widely used and popular stringed instruments in different parts of [[Assam]].<ref>{{cite book|author=[[Lila Gogoi|Gogoi Dr Leela]]|title=Oxomiya Lok-xahityor ruprekha|edition=1st|pages=91–96|language=Assamese|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.452090/mode/1up}}</ref> It is an ancient folk instrument of Assam. The instrument is usually made by covering a shell of Mango or Cham wood with the skin of a [[goat]].<ref>{{cite web|title=টোকাৰী |url=https://as.vikaspedia.in/education/9859b89ae9f0-9b89829b89cd9959c39a49bf/9859b89ae9f0-9ac9be9a69cd9af-9af9a89cd9a49cd9f0/99f9959be9f09c0|accessdate=21 Feb 2023|publisher=Vikaspedia|language=Assamese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anvesha.co.in/tokari_en.htm |title=Tokari |publisher=Anvesha.co.in |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527231544/http://www.anvesha.co.in/tokari_en.htm |archive-date=2016-05-27 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> It has many similarities to the "Dotara",<ref name="Barthakur2003">{{cite book|author=Dilip Ranjan Barthakur|title=The Music And Musical Instruments Of North Eastern India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oP4vH-4oSEcC&dq=tokari+instrument&pg=PA131|year=2003|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-881-5|pages=131–}}</ref> another such folk instrument prevalent in southern Assam. The Tokari is slightly larger and wider than the Dotora. It also has many similarities to the [[Ruan (instrument)|Ruan]], a Chinese musical instrument.<ref name="Barthakur2003"/><br />
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==Etymology==<br />
It is believed that the name ''Tokari'' derives from the Assamese word "tokar" ([[Assamese language|Assamese]]: টোকৰ), meaning the sound produced by knocking.<ref name="Barthakur2003"/><br />
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==Uses==<br />
Tokari is usually played with [[Tokari geet]]. A tokari can be also played with [[Dihanaam]], Deh Bichar Geet, Bairagi geet, Phul Kowar aru Mani Konwaror geet, Maniram Dewanor geet, Assamese religious songs, Jikir and Jari etc.<ref name="anveshatokari">{{cite book |title=অসমৰ বাদ্যযন্ত্ৰ:টোকাৰী | publisher=Beena Mondir | author=Dharmeswar Boruah | year=2005 | pages=44}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Music of Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Indian musical instruments]]<br />
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