Category:Dholak

**dholak**
	ancient Indian double-headed cylindrical or barrel drum
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Pronunciation audio	Assameseⓘ
Subclass of	tubular drum;
Country of origin	South Asia; India;
Said to be the same as	dholak
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Dholak (Punjabi: ਢੋਲਕ, Hindi: ढोलक; Dutch: dhool in the Netherlands and Suriname) is a South Asian two-headed hand-drum. It may have traditional cotton rope lacing, screw-turnbuckle tensioning or both combined: in the first case steel rings are used for tuning or pegs a twisted inside the laces.

The dholak is mainly a folk instrument, lacking the exact tuning and playing techniques of the tabla or the pakhawaj. The drum is pitched, depending on size, with an interval of perhaps a perfect fourth or perfect fifth between the two heads. It is related to the larger Punjabi dhol and the smaller dholki.

Subcategories

This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.

A

Asian percussion instruments (1 F)

D

Dhola (4 F)

Media in category "Dholak"

The following 22 files are in this category, out of 22 total.

A dholak or dhol drummer Indian musical instrument.jpg 3,232 × 4,518; 2.1 MB
A musician with dholak dhol, a type of Indian percussion instrument.jpg 3,456 × 3,456; 4.23 MB
A traditional dholak Indian drum.jpg 500 × 375; 134 KB
Close up of dholaks or dhols, Indian classical music instrument.jpg 3,642 × 2,426; 2.11 MB
Dhol dholak, one of numerous types of drums, Indian musical instrument.jpg 1,024 × 768; 188 KB
Eid Ul Fitr Utshab 26 at Uttara 113.jpg 6,000 × 4,000; 8.28 MB
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Dholak beats.jpg 3,456 × 4,608; 3.69 MB
Dholak dhol drum, one of many percussion instruments of South Asia.jpg 600 × 441; 93 KB
Dholak Player in Balasore Durga Puja.jpg 6,000 × 4,000; 6.94 MB
Dholak,Tasha drum.jpg 2,448 × 3,264; 653 KB
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Flickr - dalbera - Spectacle des gitans Dhoad (Musée Guimet) (2).jpg 1,600 × 1,200; 680 KB
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Lensemble Divana avec deux jeunes chanteurs, Spectacle "A la rencontre des poètes et musiciens du Rajasthan (Inde du nord)", Festival Les Orientales (Saint-Florent-Le-Vieil).jpg 4,374 × 2,916; 7.05 MB
Musiciens de lensemble Divana, Spectacle "A la rencontre des poètes et musiciens du Rajasthan (Inde du nord)", Festival Les Orientales (Saint-Florent-Le-Vieil).jpg 1,024 × 1,024; 763 KB
Newcastle Pride Arena, 25 July 2026 (01).jpg 4,864 × 3,648; 7.3 MB
Odia Dholak Baja.jpg 2,880 × 3,536; 4.55 MB
Patwon ki haveli 34.JPG 1,152 × 648; 363 KB
Performance using dholak.jpg 5,475 × 3,120; 5.76 MB
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Sri Lanka traditional drum.jpg 1,080 × 720; 91 KB