Dholak_ke_Geet Knowpia

Dholak ke Geet songs are Urdu folk songs from Hyderabad Deccan, sung by Hyderabadi women during daily routine chores or during wedding festivities. The folk songs are also known as "Lok Geet" and were popular as Chakkhi ke Geet (chakkhi–mill and geet–songs), as they were sung when women used to grind grains at the mills. In modern days Dholak ke Geet are performed in pre-wedding occasions and upon family gathering on child birth.^[1]^[2]

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Dholak ke Geet are the celebratory songs mostly performed during the five days marriage celebrations in Hyderabad region.^[3]

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^ K Gupta, Harsh; Parasher Sen, Aloka; Balasubramanian, Dorairajan (2000). Deccan Heritage. Universities Press. p. 218. ISBN 978-81-7371-285-2.
^ Khan, Asif Yar (4 December 2019). "A taste of the Hyderabadi culture". Telangana Today. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
^ "Aspects of Culture & Society: Muslim Women in India". Women's Research and Action Group. 1997: 177. Retrieved 29 October 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)