2. ektara musical instrument :
Ektara is one-string instrument most often used in traditional music
from Bangladesh, Egypt, India and Pakistan.In origin the ektara was a
regular string instrument of wandering bards and minstrels from
Pakistan and is plucked with one finger.Nowadays the ektara is widely
used by folk singer especially by sufi singers in Punjab and Sindh.
3. how is made ektara :
The ektara usually has a stretched single string. An animal skin is over
a head made of dried ground wood or coconut. Pressing the two halves
of the neck together loosens the string. Ektara made by the artisans
of punjab.
