Eminent dhaaki Gokul Chandra Das, 57, one of the winners of this year's Padma Shri awards, saw the honour as a recognition of the traditional Indian percussion instrument — the dhaak. The dhaak is an ...

BANGALORE: The dhaakis have gathered, their drumroll infectious, making everyone tap their feet and sway to their beats. The smell of the incense in the smoke curling up from the dhunuchi ...

That’s how Bengal Natraj Dhunuchi became Bengal Natraj Dhunuchi and Mohila Dhaaki.” While there was some resistance initially from other people, the group soon convinced everyone that they ...

Dhunuchi naach is a jugalbandi between the dancer and the dhaaki, performed after aarti. Dhunuchi naach is performed during Durga Puja after the daily aarti. Many puja pandals also organise ...

Naresh Mali, a veteran dhaaki or traditional drummer, would travel to Guwahati from Cooch Behar every year during the Durga Puja to play the dhaak at a Puja organised by a club there. Earnings would ...