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- noun North
Indian hand drum .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The violins and the dholak are the huge standout's in this composition.
NAACHGAANA sheeru 2008
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The beautiful background orchestrations are in perfect harmony with the situation of the song and the use of Indian musical instruments, like 'dholak', 'tabla' and 'sitar' is top class, but it is the guitar which has been used to perfection to convey the various moods.
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The beautiful background orchestrations are in perfect harmony with the situation of the song and the use of Indian musical instruments, like 'dholak', 'tabla' and 'sitar' is top class, but it is the guitar which has been used to perfection to convey the various moods.
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Sania's aunt has decided to have a 'dholak' session this evening in the traditional way, "she said.
The Times of India 2010
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Sania's aunt has decided to have a 'dholak' session this evening in the traditional way, "she said.
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Sania's aunt has decided to have a 'dholak' session this evening in the traditional way, "she said.
The Times of India 2010
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The woman below finished her song, and a silence followed from her companions as the last notes of the dholak rumbled into the dark.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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Often there will be two percussionists, in which case one might play the tabla and the other the dholak.
The Qawwals and Qawwali « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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If there is only one percussionist, he plays the tabla and dholak, usually the tabla with the left hand and the dholak with the right.
The Qawwals and Qawwali « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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And then it began again, a lusty, guttural voice, full of promise, picking out the words in a folk song to the accompaniment of a faint dholak.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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