Devotees in Kolkata perform a traditional dance to the rhythmic sounds of the dhak or traditional drums on the occasion of the Durga Puja festival. According to Hindu mythology, dhak is considered an ...

New Delhi, Jan. 26: Holding her dhak (drum) as she stood on the Bengal tableau at the Republic Day parade today, Shiuli Das looked much older than her 12 years but could be one of the event's youngest ...

Sushil Das learnt to play the dhak, a traditional Bengali drum usually played with wooden sticks, from his father when he was a child. For five decades, the sexagenarian has played the instrument for ...

Bagha Bayen in Satyajit Ray's classic children's film Goopy Gyne, Bagha Byne, was a drummer from the village Hartuki. For those who don't know, he was turned away from his village because he was all ...

Beats of the traditional 'dhak' (drum) have begun to reverberate once again through the hill state with idols of Durga being ceremoniously installed in numerous puja pandals on the occasion of ...

The arrival of Durga Puja, the most significant religious festival for Bengali traditionalists, has been heralded by Mahalaya. Now, people are eagerly anticipating the rhythmic beats of the Dhak, a ...

The festive fervour of Durga Puja is incomplete without the maddening and rhythmic beats of dhak, the large drum-like instrument that Dhakis hang around their necks and play with two thin sticks. The ...

Mitro Sangho Puja Samiti of Model House has roped in three women drummers from WB to add colour to the celebrations In a first, three professional women “Dhakis” (drummers) will play “Dhak” (a ...

As Durga Puja draws near, Narayan Chandra Das, an expert in making dhak (big drums) and dhol (smaller drums) has his hands full. When this correspondent met him at his shop on Kalibari Road in the ...

Durga Puja, one of the most significant festivals in Bangladesh, is not only a visual spectacle of grand idols and vibrant pandals, but also an auditory experience that accentuates the spiritual and ...

No puja is complete without the dhak dhol (local drums). In Nilphamari, Durga Puja is being held on a small scale due to the coronavirus pandemic this time, but there is still no alternative to the ...

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 29 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee played dhak, a traditional drum-like instrument at the inauguration of the community Durga Puja in Kolkata ...