Julaha
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The Dhanak (Julaha ) are a community of Pakistan and India, which adopted the profession of weaving.
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| • India • Pakistan • England | |
| Languages | |
| Punjabi • Hindi Urdu • Haryanvi • Gujarati | |
| Religion | |
 Hinduism •  Islam •  Sikhism •  Christianity[1] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Kabirpanthi •Haral Chuhra |
EtymologyEdit
The term Julaha may derive from the Persian julah (ball of thread).[2] Other explanation put forth by Julaha themselves include "jal (net), jils (decorated) or uila (lighted up, or white)."
Both Hindu and Muslim Julaha groups exist; a number of the Muslim Julaha later changed their group name to terms such as Ansari (but not all Ansari's are julaha, as only few julaha's changed their title to Ansari).[3]
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Nava Kishor Das (23 June 2009). Culture, religion, and philosophy: critical studies in syncretism and inter-faith harmony. the University of Michigan. pp. 374 pages. ISBN 978-81-7033-820-8.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Singh, Kumar Suresh; India, Anthropological Survey of (1 January 1993). The scheduled castes. Anthropological Survey of India. ISBN 9780195632545.
- ↑ Gottschalk, Peter (27 October 2005). Beyond Hindu and Muslim: Multiple Identity in Narratives from Village India. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199760527.
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