The Traditional Dhool Wala

He is guy who wakes us up every Ramdan by resounding vibration of his Dholl (Drum). The tradition of waking people up in the month of Ramadan is centuries old, when there were no source like the loudspeaker and people had to rely upon the call of the drumbeaters, who used to adopt different ways to ensure that people get out of their cozy beds. But today, it is no more difficult to get up at a fix time, yet the job of waking up people still prevails with the same zeal and is considered pious. The drummer visits the streets, usually around 3 am to 4 am and also calls out loudly, ?Utho rozay daro? to wake up all people living in that certain locality for fasting. The drummer is also visible on Eid Day and people give him ?Eidi? (the reward), as they perform a really hard job during the whole month.

These traditional dhol walas are sometime not professional drummers but they do this job voluntarily to help people in getting up in time for Sehri (early morning to eat something for fasting). The drummer on Eid day will enter the street, beating his drum, to extract his reward for the job done in holy month of Ramadan. I really appreciate the drummer for keeping the tradition alive despite advance technology, who sacrifices their sleep for the sake of other people. Tradition of drum-beating to wake up the faithful for ?Sehr? has remained with us for centuries and its cultural delight in the holy month has undoubtedly not diminished in the modern times.

P.S: there was another picture of him with his Drum but I didn't get how to tag and add link. so i wasn't able to link it to the full picture :(