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Tintal Rela — Dha - tete taka trekre dhinenage dhine geranaga dhine...

Dha - tete taka trekre dhinenage dhine
geranaga dhine dhenegene gene dhinenage dhine

tete is fingered 1 then 2

taka is naka

dhine has closed ne

dhene has open ne

This one was inspired by the first part of a composition I think I learned from Zakir Hussain at a workshop in San Anselmo, CA circa 1998

takita takita dhinenagedhine
takita takita dhinenagedhine
tetetaka trekre dhinenagedhine dha - [...]

Although I think the fingering of tete is supposed to be 2 1, which is just too hard for me.