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What is the primary instrument used in the performance of Burrakatha in Andhra Pradesh?

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The correct answer is

Tambura

Burrakatha is a traditional Telugu oral storytelling art form of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The very name comes from burra, which refers to the tambura — a hollow-shelled stringed instrument worn across the shoulder of the lead narrator (kathakudu) — and katha, meaning story.

The kathakudu plays the tambura while narrating, accompanied by two co-performers playing dakki drums.

Hence the primary instrument is the Tambura.

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