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{{Infobox caste|caste_name=Doli|image=Musicians - India (13668241).jpg|caption=A dholi street performer|religions=[[Hinduism]]|state=[[Rajasthan]]|status=[[Schedule Caste|SC]]|education_reservation=yes|employment_reservation=yes|population=134,287 (as of 2011)}}<br />
'''Dholi''' is a traditional community of musicians, found primarily in [[Western India]] and used to play [[Dhol|drums]] and [[Dholak]] in religious festivals.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/People_of_India/vkkK6SZOo_gC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dholi+caste&pg=PA1385&printsec=frontcover |title=People of India: Uttar Pradesh |date=2005 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |isbn=978-81-7304-114-3 |language=en}}</ref> They are not a separate caste but a group of different communities engaged in the service of drumming and playing musical instruments in village festivals and related auspicions. They were considered as socially and economically backward residing in the rural areas.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chaubisa |first=M. L. |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Caste_Tribe_and_Exploitation/UhgdAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=dholi+caste&dq=dholi+caste&printsec=frontcover |title=Caste, Tribe, and Exploitation: Exploration of Inequality at Village Level |date=1988 |publisher=Himanshu Publications |isbn=978-81-85167-08-4 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Initially, they were not a specific caste but with the time the occupation of drum-playing became herediatery which lead to creation a Dholis as a caste,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Still |first=Clarinda |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Dalits_in_Neoliberal_India/X24wCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dholi+caste&pg=PA201&printsec=frontcover |title=Dalits in Neoliberal India: Mobility or Marginalisation? |date=2015-07-17 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-34163-5 |language=en}}</ref> which was derived for the word '[[Dhol]]' and includes member of other castes and tribes accumulated to form the group. Due to social backwardness and being in the lowest in the strata of caste system, they are recognized as [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Registrar |first=India Office of the |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Census_of_India_1961_India/vbTUAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dholi+caste&pg=PA311&printsec=frontcover |title=Census of India, 1961: India |last2=General |first2=India Office of the Registrar |date=1962 |publisher=Manager of Publications |language=en}}</ref><br />
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In present times, they works as artisans and music professionals in functions and are considered as an important part of [[Culture of Rajasthan]].<br />
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[[Category:Hindu communities]]<br />
[[Category:Scheduled Castes of Rajasthan]]</div>Samantahfp