"Dholak"
 

The dholak is a double sided drum.The body of the instrument is made of one piece of wood.

Hollow, the body has two opertures of different size, one, small, that will generate high pitched sounds and another, wider, for low pitched sounds. The walls of the instrument are 2/3 centimeters thick and give it stability in the low frequencies.

The two skins are stretched together by iron clad.The dholak is the main accompaniment instrument of the Qawwali.