A dhrupad set to the 14-beat time signaturedhamar tal is called a dhamar. It is seen as a lighter musical form, and associated with the Holi (hori) spring festival of colours. Dhrupad is a character in the Mahabharata. ... The time signature (also known as meter signature) is a notational device used in Western musical notation to specify how many beats are in each bar and which note value (minim, crotchet, quaver, and so on) constitutes one beat. ... In Indian classical music, Tala (tāl (Hindi), tāla (anglicised from tālaṃ in Sanskrit), literally a clap, is a rhythmical pattern that determines the rhythmical structure of a composition. ... Holi is an annual Hindu spring festival. ...
To understand the dhamar, it is important to understand what a dhrupad is, and is NOT!.The dhrupad is most certainly NOT a religious Hindu form of music. The word "pad" means prosody. A dhrupad, is a kind of poem. The best definition was given by Abul Fazl, the court chronicler of the Emperor Akbar. He called it a verse consisting of " 4 rhyming lines each of indefinite prosodial length of words and syllables". The Dhamar is simply a special category of the Dhrupad, set to the 14 beat Dhamar taal [beat cycle] and the theme of the song is almost always the spring festival of holi. The tambura is an essential accompaniment to ANY form of Hindustani music claiming to be classical just as the Pakhavaj is not essential to the Dhrupad. In fact , in the Ain e Akbari, Abul Fazl mentions that "Dhadi" women sing the Dhrupad accompanied on the "Daf".
Dhamar is a trade and administrative centre for the surrounding agriculture, which specializes in grain.
Dhamar is connected with other urban centres by the highway that connects Mukha or Aden with San'a.
Dhamar's main reason for fame is having been the leading centre of the Zaydi Shi'i Islam orientation, which has been the leading religious orientation in Yemen for centuries.
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