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| title = Instruments| access-date = 2008-01-13 | work =Percussions | publisher = beatofindia.com }}</ref> | | title = Instruments| access-date = 2008-01-13 | work =Percussions | publisher = beatofindia.com }}</ref> | ||
Drum beats are an integral part of [[Durga Puja]].<ref name="Durga">{{cite web | url = http://www.durga-puja.org/tradition.html | title = Traditions of Durga Puja| access-date = 2008-01-13 | publisher = Society for confluence of festivals in India }}</ref> It is mostly played by the Bengali Hindu community. | Drum beats are an integral part of [[Durga Puja]].<ref name="Durga">{{cite web | url = http://www.durga-puja.org/tradition.html | title = Traditions of Durga Puja| access-date = 2008-01-13 | publisher = Society for confluence of festivals in India }}</ref>It is mostly played by the Bengali Hindu community. | ||
''[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]'' wrote, "Durga Puja does not assume the festive aura without the maddening beats of the dhak, the large drum that men hang around their necks and play with two thin sticks to infuse the frenzied rhythm into listeners. Those enchanting beats are enough to conjure up the sights and smells of Durga Puja."<ref name="Statesman2">{{cite news |last=Bhattachatya |first=Kajari |date=26 September 2006 |title=Beats of changing time |newspaper=The Statesman |location=Kolkata}}</ref> | ''[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]'' wrote, "Durga Puja does not assume the festive aura without the maddening beats of the dhak, the large drum that men hang around their necks and play with two thin sticks to infuse the frenzied rhythm into listeners. Those enchanting beats are enough to conjure up the sights and smells of Durga Puja."<ref name="Statesman2">{{cite news |last=Bhattachatya |first=Kajari |date=26 September 2006 |title=Beats of changing time |newspaper=The Statesman |location=Kolkata}}</ref> | ||
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File:বীরভূম জেলার মনসা পূজায় ঢাকিরা.jpg|Bengali drummers during Manasa Puja in [[Birbhum]] | |||
File:BD Dhaki.JPG|Bengal drummer and a dhaki | File:BD Dhaki.JPG|Bengal drummer and a dhaki | ||
File:Dhak 2010 Arnab Dutta.JPG|A [[dhaki]] with his magnificent dhak at a South Kolkata Durga Puja pandal, 2010. | File:Dhak 2010 Arnab Dutta.JPG|A [[dhaki]] with his magnificent dhak at a South Kolkata Durga Puja pandal, 2010. | ||
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