Dakkari

Dakkari (Nepali: डक्कारी) is a bowed string instrument of Mithila region in Nepal.

It is a fiddle about 45 centimeters long (about 17 inches), carved from a single piece of wood, with two sound chambers covered with goatskin.

The bow is made with hair from horse tail dipped into pine tar or rubbed with rosin.

[1][2][3] The instrument is played by the Domra caste in Teraai, Janakpur Zone.

[1] The musicians play annually at the Bibaaha Panchami festival in December at the Goddess Janaki's temple in Janakpur.