Percussion Ensemble
The Dhol Collective
Vadodara, Gujarat
- Dhol
- Folk Percussion
- Live Raas
The Dhol Collective began as a WhatsApp group. Nine percussionists from around Vadodara, tired of being treated as an afterthought behind the singers, started meeting on Sunday mornings to build something of their own.
Bringing the village to the arena
Their signature is the rang — a slow-building percussion suite that opens a Navratri night before a single singer takes the stage. Drawing on the folk dhol traditions of rural Gujarat, the Collective layers rhythms until the ground is moving before anyone has sung a word.
Craft over spectacle
Every member still makes or repairs their own instruments. "A dhol is not a product," founder Jignesh Rana says. "It is a relationship. It changes with the weather, with your hands, with the night."
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Go inside The Dhol Collective's signature opening rang — the slow-building percussion suite that sets a Garba ground moving before a single note is sung.