Chikara (instrument)
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The Chikara is a stringed musical instrument
String instrument
A string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones...

 from Bengal
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, India
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It has 3 strings in 3 courses and is tuned C, F, G. It also has sympathetic strings.
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