Dhaa

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title: "Dhaa" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["membranophones", "newar", "drums-of-nepal"] topic_path: "general/membranophones" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaa" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

The Dhaa (or Dhah){{cite web | title = Membranophones | url = http://www.jwajalapa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51:membranophones&catid=38:music&Itemid=64 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120224021335/http://www.jwajalapa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51%3Amembranophones&catid=38%3Amusic&Itemid=64 | work = Jwajalapa! | publisher = Newatech, inc. | date = 1 May 2008 | archivedate = 24 February 2012 | accessdate = 14 October 2016 | url-status = dead

It is made of a hollow wooden trunk covered at both sides with animal skin. The left side is covered with a thicker skin producing flat sound whereas the right side is covered with thinner skin producing sharper sound.

The Dhaa is played by a group of even number of people standing. The instrument is suspended with a belt over the right shoulder. Dhaa is always accompanied with Taa and Bhushyaa along with the tunes from some aerophones.

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