Re: Pakistani Dhabka Work??
manomano...terminologies differ from city to city. Aari is a long spear shaped needle with a slight hook at the end. In carpentry, aari is a saw, yes, but in embroidery, its a pick.
Zardozi is any type of embroidery that is done with a regular needle, whether you are stitching beads, sequins, kora, dabka, or anything else for that matter. So long as you are using a breakaway thread with a needle, its called zardozi.
The hollow needle you mentioned is not practical for items like dabka. The 'aar ki sooi' is used mostly for ethnic embroideries, like multani karhai, which is almost entirely thread based. Even though for practice purposes, it is possible to use pretty much any tool for any type of embroidery, but different aspects must be considered when choosing the best tool for a job, like time, accuracy, neatness.