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The dholak is a two-headed hand drum, a folk percussion instrument. The dholak is most commonly recognised in countries such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, but can also be found amongst the Indo-Diaspora in countries such as Guyana, Suriname, Fiji, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa and Mauritius.
Rasiya's are sung and typically played with a variety of instruments, the most common are the “dholak” drums, [6] sarangi, and harmonium. [5] This style of music is commonly associated with the popular ancient Hindu festival of Holi and is often performed by villagers, professional entertainers, as well as participants in temple song ...
Dholak ke Geet songs are Urdu folk songs from Hyderabad Deccan, sung by Hyderabadi women during daily routine chores or during wedding festivities. The folk songs are also known as "Lok Geet" and were popular as Chakkhi ke Geet ( chakkhi – mill and geet –songs), as they were sung when women used to grind grains at the mills.
Sinhala (/ ˈ s ɪ n h ə l ə, ˈ s ɪ ŋ ə l ə / SIN-hə-lə, SING-ə-lə; [2] Sinhala: සිංහල, siṁhala, [ˈsiŋɦələ]), [3] sometimes called Sinhalese (/ ˌ s ɪ n (h) ə ˈ l iː z, ˌ s ɪ ŋ (ɡ) ə ˈ l iː z / SIN-(h)ə-LEEZ, SING-(g)ə-LEEZ), is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka, who make up the largest ethnic group on the ...
One of the most respected singers in Sri Lankan music history, Mallawarachchi was a trending act in Sri Lanka for more than a decade, performing nearly a total of 850 songs with over 35 albums. [2] He is also known to be a music composer for most of his songs, a film play-back singer for the silver screen, a talent tabla and sitar player. [3]
In most genres, the Indian harmonium is commonly accompanied by some percussion instrument which provides the tala to the music, such as the tabla, dholak, taal, or mridangam. Almost all Qawwals use the harmonium as musical accompaniment. [13]
Jhyali Panche baja instruments: dholak (drums), tyamko (small kettledrums, leaning on dholak drums), narsiha (a long, S-shaped trumpet), Karnal (a wide-mouthed, straight trumpet, shehnai (a folk oboe, right of karnal), damaha (large kettledrum), and jhyali (cymbals). Jhyali (Nepali: झ्याली) is a traditional folk percussion ...
"Man Aamadeh Am" (Persian: من آمده ام, lit. 'I have come to you') is a Persian song, sung by Iranian singer Googoosh for the album Pol in 1975. The song was written by Googoosh's Afghan friend Jalil Zaland and gifted to Googoosh after she visited Afghanistan.