Dholi (caste)

Dholi is a traditionally community of musicians, found primarily in Western India and used to play drums and Dhol in religious festivals.[1] They are not a separate caste but a group of different communities engaged in the service of drumming in village festivals and related auspicions. They were considered as socially and economically backward residing in the rural areas.[2]

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,[3] which was derived for the word 'Dhol'. Due to social backwardness and being in the lowest in the strata of caste system, they are recognized as Scheduled Castes.[4]

References

  1. ^ People of India: Uttar Pradesh. Anthropological Survey of India. 2005. ISBN 978-81-7304-114-3.
  2. ^ Chaubisa, M. L. (1988). Caste, Tribe, and Exploitation: Exploration of Inequality at Village Level. Himanshu Publications. ISBN 978-81-85167-08-4.
  3. ^ Still, Clarinda (17 July 2015). Dalits in Neoliberal India: Mobility or Marginalisation?. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-34163-5.
  4. ^ Registrar, India Office of the; General, India Office of the Registrar (1962). Census of India, 1961: India. Manager of Publications.
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