dhol
Sign in to saveDhol () can refer to any one of a number of similar types of double-headed drum widely used, with regional variations, throughout the Indian subcontinent. Its range of distribution in Indian subcontinent primarily includes northern areas such as the Jammu, Himachal, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Kashmir, Sindh, Assam Valley, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Odisha, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Konkan, Goa, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. A related instrument is the dholak or dholki. Dhols are amongst other events used in Indian wedding ceremony processions such as Baraat or Varyatra.
Key facts
- Instrument.name
- Dhol
- Instrument.image
- Bhangra at Vasakhi.jpg
- Instrument.classification
- Membranophone
- Instrument.related
- Dholki
- Instrument.articles
- Garba, Bhangra, Music of Punjab, Bihu Dance
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- Image
- Armenian Dhol.jpg
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- Dhol
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18 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Construction
- Playing
- History
- Regional forms and traditions
- The Punjab region
- Assam
- Goa
- Gujarat
- Maharashtra
- Karnataka
- Uttarakhand
- Bengal
- Pashtun areas
- Caucasus
- In global culture
- See also
- References
Dhol () can refer to any one of a number of similar types of double-headed drum widely used, with regional variations, throughout the Indian subcontinent. Its range of distribution in Indian subcontinent primarily includes northern areas such as the Jammu, Himachal, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Kashmir, Sindh, Assam Valley, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Odisha, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Konkan, Goa, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. A related instrument is the dholak or dholki. Dhols are amongst other events used in Indian wedding ceremony processions such as Baraat or Varyatra.
Someone who plays the dhol is known as dholi.