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The original strings were made out of
sheep intestine, similar to the use of catgut (made from the intestines
of cattle) in violins. The village people allotted intestines of sheep,
sacrificed during major festivals like Dasain, to the Gandarvas. The
Gandarvas left the intestine in a pot for some days. Once the meat was
fully rotten, it was pulled out, leaving behind the fine nerves of the
intestine which were then woven to get the strings, which produced fine
quality sound.However these days, readily available nylon and steel
strings have generally replaced gut strings.The bow was traditionally
strung with horse tail-hair (as used in violin bows), but in the modern
day nylon bowstrings are common. Different notes are made by touching
the strings with the nail of fingers of the left hand
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