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{{short description|Community in Maharashtra, India}}
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'''Gondhali''' is a community in [[Maharashtra]], India. Their occupation is to sing songs of the Goddesses of Maharashtra. Their songs are usually the mythological stories of their Gods. They use [[sambal (drum)|sambal]], a set of drums tied to their neck and rested on their thighs to bring rhythm to their songs.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=DftkAAAAMAAJ&q=gondhali+community&dq=gondhali+community|title=The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre|last=Lal|first=Ananda|date=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780195644463|pages=135|language=en}}</ref>
'''Gondhali''' is a community in [[Maharashtra]], India. Their occupation is to sing songs of the Goddesses of Maharashtra. Their songs are usually the mythological stories of their Gods. They use [[sambal (drum)|sambal]], a set of drums tied to their neck and rested on their thighs to bring rhythm to their songs.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=DftkAAAAMAAJ&q=gondhali+community&dq=gondhali+community|title=The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre|last=Lal|first=Ananda|date=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780195644463|pages=135|language=en}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 21:39, 12 July 2021

Gondhali is a community in Maharashtra, India. Their occupation is to sing songs of the Goddesses of Maharashtra. Their songs are usually the mythological stories of their Gods. They use sambal, a set of drums tied to their neck and rested on their thighs to bring rhythm to their songs.[1]

This singing and dancing in front of the God is called Gondhal and people who do Gondhal are called Gondhali.[2]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Lal, Ananda (2004). The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre. Oxford University Press. p. 135. ISBN 9780195644463.
  2. Varadpande, Manohar Laxman (1987). History of Indian Theatre. Abhinav Publications. p. 93. ISBN 9788170172789.