This is popular form of story-telling prevalent among the tribals of the Chhatisgarh which serves as a means of both entertaining and educating the people. Pandavani narrates the story of the five Pandava brothers (protagonists of the epic Mahabharata) and are of two types: Kapilak and Vedamati. A team of Pandavani performers consists of one main narrator-singer and one or two musician-cum-singers, who play on the tabla and the harmonium. The main narrator-singer holds a tambura (stringed musical instrument), decorated with small bells and peacock feathers in one hand and kartal (a pair of cymbals) on the other.