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Chikara is a simple spike fiddle. It is played with a bow in a
fashion somewhat like a sarangi or saringda. There is also a smaller
version known as chikari. The term Chikara is somewhat ambiguous; it
is often applied to a variety of unrelated folk fiddles of northern
India. In some cases it is a resonator which is penetrated by a
spike (upper example) and in other cases it is a thin, spike-like
sarangi (lower example). |
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