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{{Infobox Ethnic group<br />
| group = Julaha<br />
| population = <br />
| popplace = • India • Pakistan • England<br />
| langs = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] • [[Hindi]] [[Urdu]] • [[Haryanvi]] • [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]<br />
| rels = [[Image:Om.svg|15px]] [[Hinduism]] • [[Image:Allah-green.svg|18px]] [[Islam]] • [[Image:Khanda.svg|15px]] [[Sikhism]] • [[Image:Cross-of-Christ.png|15px]] [[Christianity]]<ref>{{cite book | title=Culture, religion, and philosophy: critical studies in syncretism and inter-faith harmony |author=Nava Kishor Das |date=23 Jun 2009 |location=the University of Michigan |pages=374 pages |isbn=978-81-7033-820-8}}</ref><br />
| related = [[Kabirpanthi]] •[[Chuhra|Haral Chuhra]]<br />
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The Dhanak ('''Julaha''' ) are a community of [[Pakistan]] and [[India]], which adopted the profession of [[weaving]].<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
The term ''Julaha'' may derive from the Persian ''julah'' (ball of thread).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zQRuAAAAMAAJ|title=The scheduled castes|last1=Singh|first1=Kumar Suresh|last2=India|first2=Anthropological Survey of|date=1993-01-01|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India|isbn=9780195632545|language=en}}</ref> Other explanation put forth by Julaha themselves include<br />
"''jal'' (net), ''jils'' (decorated) or ''uila'' (lighted up, or white)."<br />
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Both Hindu and Muslim Julaha groups exist; a number of the Muslim Julaha later changed their group name to terms such as ''[[Momin Ansari|Ansari]]'' (but not all Ansari's are julaha, as only few julaha's changed their title to Ansari).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fl53OdhuU7YC|title=Beyond Hindu and Muslim: Multiple Identity in Narratives from Village India|last=Gottschalk|first=Peter|date=2005-10-27|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199760527|language=en}}</ref> <br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Malik (Julaha)]]<br />
* [[Dogra]]<br />
* [[Chuhra|Haral Chuhra]]<br />
* [[Kabir panth]]<br />
* [[Bhuiyar]]<br />
* [[Meghwal]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Ethnic and social groups of the Punjab}}<br />
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[[Category:Weaving communities of South Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of India]]<br />
[[Category:Ethnic groups in India]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Pakistan]]<br />
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