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[[File:Catgut-of-Uttarakhand.jpg|150px|thumb|A figurine of a ''dholi''.]]<br />
'''''Dhol Sagar''''' ([[Garhwali language|Garhwali]]; literally "ocean of drumming") is an ancient Indian treatise on the art of playing the [[dhol damau]], the folk instruments of the [[Garhwal division|Garhwal region]] of [[Uttarakhand]].<ref name="EBHR">{{cite journal |last1=Alter |first1=Andrew |title=Dhol Sagar: Aspects of Drum Knowledge amongst Musicians in Garhwal, North India |journal=European Bulletin of Himalayan Research |date=2003 |volume=24 |pages=63–76}}</ref> It does not exist in a complete printed form, as it was transmitted orally (through [[percussive]] verses and [[vocable]] syllables) or empirically within the traditional drumming families.{{sfn|Alter|2014|loc=[https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/mountainous-sound-spaces/drum-strokes-syllables-and-rhythmic-patterns/0F12A9EAA8A3802BDDBF91CB78032CDE Drum Strokes, Syllables and Rhythmic Patterns]}} It is believed to have mythical origins and its existence has only been confirmed by local scholars and practitioners.<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Fiol, Stefan|title = Reviewed work: Mountainous Sound Spaces: Listening to History and Music in the Uttarakhand Himalayas, Andrew Alter|year=2015|journal=The World of Music|volume=4|issue=1|pages=123–125|jstor = 43561476}}</ref><br />
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The treatise contains [[shlokas]] in [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] or [[Garhwali language|Garhwali]], and specific rhythm patterns for occasions like christening, wedding ceremonies, religious festivals, [[shamanic rituals]], ritual dramas like ''[[Pandav Lila]]'', death rites etc. The players of ''Dhol Sagar'' traditionally belonged to particular musical caste groups such as ''auji'', ''bajgi'', ''das'' or ''dholi''.<ref>{{harvnb|Alter|2014|pp=80-96}}</ref> Either due to urban migration among the youth in the drumming families, the growing popularity of [[brass bands]] and [[DJs]] in villages, or the drummers' desire to disassociate themselves from a practice that was historically tied to their specific "low-[[caste]]", the unwritten ancient knowledge of ''Dhol Sagar'' faces the threat of being lost.<ref>[https://etd.ohiolink.edu/!etd.send_file?accession=osu1400151972&disposition=inline Utter, Hans Frederick. Performance and Identity in Jaunsari Puja Drumming. Ohio State University]</ref> Many traditional drummers have either given up the practice or have been driven out of work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/dhol-damaou-integral-to-hill-ceremonies-184779 |title=Dhol, damaou integral to hill ceremonies|first=Tribune News|last=Service|website=Tribuneindia News Service}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*{{cite book |last=Alter |first=Andrew |date=2014 |title=Mountainous Sound Spaces: Listening to History and Music in the Uttarakhand Himalayas |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn= 9789384463069}}<br />
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[[Category:Drums]]<br />
[[Category:Music theory]]<br />
[[Category:Indian folk music]]<br />
[[Category:Sanskrit texts]]<br />
[[Category:Garhwal division]]<br />
[[Category:Indian folk culture]]</div>>Yakku3