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The '''Hela''' are a [[Dalit Muslim]] community found in the state of [[Rajasthan]] in [[India]].<ref name="Rajasthan">{{cite book | title =People of India: Rajasthan: Volume XXXVIII, Part One | editor = K.S. Singh | pages = 422–425 | publisher = Popular Prakashan | date = 1998-04-01 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=iKsqzB4P1ioC&pg=PA422 | isbn = 978-8171547661 }}</ref> They are [[Muslim]] converts from the [[Hindu]] [[Hela (caste)|Hela]] [[caste]].<br />
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==Origin==<br />
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The Hela are a community of musicians. They claim to have come from [[Arabia]], sometime in the distant past. The Hela are found in the districts of udaipur [[Bundi]], [[Kota district|Kota]], [[Tonk district|Tonk]] and [[Jhalawar]]. They speak the Hadoti dialect of [[Hindi]]. The Hela are strictly endogamous, and marry close kin.<ref name="Rajasthan"/><br />
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==Present==<br />
Hela communities exist in [[Udaipur]], [[Ujjain]], [[Bundi]], [[Dhar]], and [[Susner]]. They are a landless community, and many are employed as wage labourers. Many are now employed in government sector. Traditional occupations are musicians, instrumentalists, singers and other musical trades. The Hela are well versed in [[raga|ragas]] such as [[dadra]] and [[thumri]], but practice many folk beliefs.{{fact|date=November 2020}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Halalkhor]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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