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Dotara (Four String Folk Lute)-Pear Shape With Red Painted Neck-Wood Made-Handcrafted

Handcrafted Assamese Dotara, a traditional stringed folk lute with a pear-shaped wooden body finished in lizard skin, producing the warm, bass-rich tone heard in Bihu songs and folk ballads.

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The Dotara is one of Assam's best-loved folk string instruments, its pear-shaped resonating body hand-carved from seasoned wood and traditionally finished with a stretched lizard-skin covering that gives the sound box its distinctive warm, bass-forward tone. Fitted with strings running along a long fretless neck, it is plucked or strummed to accompany Bihu songs, folk ballads and community singing across rural Assam. Every Dotara is shaped and assembled by hand using techniques passed down through generations of local artisans, making each piece a unique, playable piece of Assamese musical heritage suited for both performance and display.

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3000

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Wood Made

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Store away from direct sunlight and humidity to protect the wood and lizard-skin covering from cracking. Keep strings at moderate tension when not in use and wipe the body with a dry cloth after handling.

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Deep reddish-brown wooden neck and pear-shaped body with a mottled, natural-textured lizard-skin finish on the sound box.

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781003NSA-5

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Soumit Choudhury, the proprietor of New Sangeetalaya (based in Guwahati), operates as an essential hub for Assam’s musicians, vocalists, and performing artists. Located around the vibrant Chandmari/Rajgarh belt, New Sangeetalaya...

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