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The calabash is used as a resonator in many string instruments in India. Instruments that look like guitars are made of wood, but can have a calabash resonator at the end of the strings table, called toomba. The sitar, the surbahar, the tanpura (north of India, tambura south of India), may have a toomba.
In African music, the calabash is a percussion instrument of the family of idiophones consisting of a half of a large calabash gourd, which is struck with the palms, fingers, wrist or objects to produce a variety of percussive sounds. [1] In Tuareg music, the askalabo [2] is a calabash "partly submerged in water, drummed to mimic camels' hooves ...
In western Uganda region, calabash is used for processing local butter or ghee and as well used to store milk for a longer period of time. [9] This was a traditional method of preservation and kept till present day. The calabash in some cases are also used as utensils for eating food or drinking tea and water in some communities.
The words they use are the names of friends, rivers and places they can recollect, having no songs.’ Although this description was inaccurate, as it did not describe the strings, it was most likely describing the uhadi musical bow as there is no evidence of any other Xhosa musical bow using a calabash as resonator. Traditionally the uhadi ...
The story goes that in the 1930’s, fishermen brought their finds to the banks of the Calabash River. There, locals battered and fried the seafood at picnics called fish camps.
Calabash gourd resonators are sometimes attached at one end. Often made by children after sorghum harvests. Called líkò in Lagwan. Whirling aerophones : flat, diamond-shaped piece of wood with a string attached to it. When spun around, it produces a roaring sound, as if that of a spirit. Often used in secret societies.
In the meantime, she said to cut the lemon into thin slices. They can be added to the drink, or you can squeeze the juice directly into the liquid.
Wedges made of kōwhai stem were used to split wood, it was used for fences and in whare (Māori hut) construction, implements and weapons. [21] The bark was heated in a calabash with hot stones, and made into a poultice to treat wounds or rubbed on a sore back [22] or made into an infusion to treat bruising or muscular pains. [23]