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Playing with a thick tilli with a bit of flex is good. It will give you a stronger strike plus will increase your stamina. But if you want to make it thinner you don't sand it. take a blade and shave it down. you will shave the part that is rough not smooth.

Bhangra season is over right now. Your best bet is to go to Shauni Mala which is by the railroad in Ludihana and get in touch with Ustad Ravi Kumar or Ustad Meshi Kumar. They may be able to take you to some practices at the local colleges.

As returning performers at TDOT Bhangra, I can confidently say that the committee has done a superb job at maintaining their reputation from last year. Our team felt very comfortable and relaxed during the entire weekend. Everything ran on time and was very organized(Probably the most organized...

Thank you everyone for the love and support. As an institution, we strongly feel it is very important that we all work together to keep the culture alive and strong. -Nana

This is my cousins team from London, England "Heritage of Punjab". Dholi (Gurvi Kambo) is student of the late Ustad Grib Dass. This is one of the few teams in the uk that still do tradtional bhangra on dhol. Great post Arjun.

Great post Vijay, Guggi is a legend and Munshi Ram is Ravi Dana's grandfather.. good to know there is some knowledgeable folks out there..

Gurpreet Dhol 11/12/11

Seeing a 12yr old Girl dancing with such josh depresses you?

That's Amani Vorha, shes only 12yrs old :)

i have a link in india, if interested message me. thanks.

i'm interested

Isn't George Mason in the line up?

Masala does few things to your dhol. First the ghee acts as a Moisturizer for the dhol, preventing it from cracking and drying the wood up. the cloves and nutmeg sticks to the wood, especially on the inside since thats where it is most concentrated when applied. cloves/nutmeg enhance the...

grind up the laung and nutmeg, some stores sell in powder form that works best. put about 8-10 teaspoons of both laung and jaiphul into a bowl. then put about 15-20 teaspoons of desi ghee. warm up the powders seperately and warm up the desi ghee seperate. once the ghee melts put the powder in...

laung, jafil, and desi ghee gets the job done. most importantly, make sure the dhol is getting lots of sun. idea of applying masala is is so the wood can absorb it. bake for about 8-10 days in the sun.

shure makes a mic that has goose necks, i think its called shure beta 98. i used to have them back in the day. they are not bad, might want to look into those.

Sanding or making the inside of the dhol is not a bad idea it is actually done by most dholis in india/pakistan. Now and days dhols(meaning the actual wood is not hand made). most of the carving is done by machine. All the dhols that I have purchased from Ustad Seva Ram(Kukki Dholis father) have...

Do not use mustard oil, it will give you a closed sound rather than an open sound as it acts as a sealer. What you want to use is desi ghee(butter), along with other ingredients to create a paste(masala) which should be applied inside and outside and then baked in the sun for atleast 1-2 weeks...

The name of the area where Kukki, Ravi Dana, Raj Kumar, Meshi Kumar, Janak Raj are is called Shooni mala. From my personal relations and experience with all the dholis in that area, kukki has a very good variety and quality of dhols. Hope this helps.

multani luddi, tunka