 The people of the Valley reckon that the beats of the "dhol" are enchanting for people even at a long distance.Played by using a bamboo stick with bare hands, the Assamese dhol is made up of wooden barrel with the ends covered primarily with animal hide (unlike the rest of the Indian subcontinent, where it could be a synthetic skin as well), that can either be stretched or loosened by tightening the interwoven straps.The dhol player is termed as "Dhulia" and the expert in dhol is termed as "Ojah" (Assamese