A combination of percussion instruments, 'Dhol-Tasha' were primarily used at the beginning of war, to motivate soldiers and the dance performed on it is done with spears (Barchi chi nrutya). This however, was canonised in civilian life in mid-sixties in the cultural capital of Maharashtra, Pune http://trentondqifp.dbblog.net/30836278/the-feel-of-dhol-and-tasha-by-swarshahi-mumbai