page_title: Dhol
section_title: Gujarat
hierarchical_section_title: Dhol / Regional forms and traditions / Gujarat
caption_attribution_description: English: Dhol of Adivasi people of Gujarat at Museum of The Trible Academy Tejgadh, Gujarat, India. Dhol is made by Dhanjibhai Rathva, belonged to Chhota Udaipur district, in 1960.
context_page_description: 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 India, Bangladesh and Pakistan primarily includes northern areas such as the Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Kashmir, Sindh, Assam Valley, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Konkan, Goa, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. The range stretches westward as far as eastern Afghanistan. A related instrument is the dholak or dholki.
  Someone who plays the dhol is known as dholi.
context_section_description: The dhol was used by Gujaratis during celebrations such as Navaratri to accompany garba. Garba are the folk songs which describe the grace of the divine mother. It is one of the important musical instruments in Gujarat.
caption: Dhol of Adivasi people of Gujarat, India
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