[1] It is in the form of question and answer where a team sings a question and the opponent replies through an equally lyrical impromptu couplet and vice versa.
The term dohori, means 'back and forth' and refers to the exchange of lyrical phrases between the contesting singers.
[3][4] Like all Nepali folk songs, dohori originated in the rural areas of Nepal and now is sung in both rural and urban settlements and is popular amongst the Nepali speaking diaspora in the UK, US, and Bahrain.
[5] The men and women sit on opposite sides and the goal is to keep improvising until one team runs out of witty answers.
Subjects range among love, tragedy, society, politics and development.