text: KA DUITARA : Chordophone
  MEGHALAYA
  A Four-stringed instrument plucked with a plectrum (Thymbrong). Body  ofhollowed wood over which goat's skin is stretched. The silk strings are tied to a piece of cow skin at the lower end which pass over a small wooden bridge and are tied to four wooden pegs inserted in the upper end of the body. Played as accompaniment  to songs of the Khasi tribes of north-eastern India.
  