Tokari geet

Tokari geet is a type of Assamese folk song sung playing a "Tokari". Earlier it was called "Tokari naam". It is so called because a "tokari" is played while singing it. A tokari is a single stringed musical instrument played with the fingers; a kind of guitar.
These are usually philosophical songs based on human life, stories from Ramayana, Mahabharata, gods and goddesses. Besides, stories of Sankardev and Madhavdeva is also sung here. A tokari can be played with "dihanaam", but it cannot be called a "tokari geet".