Durga Puja- celebrated with pomp and grandeur makes it one of the most widely and joyfully celebrated festivals in the world. Dhak is one of the most essential components of the festival which adds to its essence. Dhakis are the drummers who play the dhak during the festival. Dhakis, here are playing the drums as well as enjoying themselves adding a joyous mood to the celebration.

The Dhak is a percussion instrument whose barrel like body is made of mango wood and covered on two ends with cow hide or goat skin.
The autumn celebration of Durga Puja in Eastern India especially Bengal is incomplete without the rhythm of the “Dhak” or the traditional Indian Drum.Dhak is integral to Durga Puja or the worship of the mother goddess as the Dhaki conjures different beats during different aspects of the Puja (Arati, Sandhi Puja, Bisarjan). They arrive from the rural areas of Bengal in the central station compound (Sealdah) a day prior to the festival waiting to be requisitioned by puja organisers. Some of them are full of life, filling the waiting time with their art while some wait with worried faces wondering whether they will find work.
Without the Dhaki around the festive spirit would be bland and incomplete but they are often paid a paltry amount and rarely receive the honour that they deserve

Source:ifeisavacation.in

This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on 4K, 200 fps slow motion, Full HD, HDCAM 1080i High Definition, Alexa and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world...

Please subscribe to our channel wildfilmsindia on Youtube www.youtube.com/wildfilmsindia for a steady stream of videos from across India. Also, visit and enjoy your journey across India at www.clipahoy.com , India's first video-based social networking experience.

Reach us at rupindang [at] gmail [dot] com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com

To SUBSCRIBE click the below link:
www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=WildFilmsIndia

Like & Follow Us on:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/WildernessFilmsIndiaLimited
Website: www.wildfilmsindia.com

свернуть