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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.
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 ...
Crescentia cujete, dry fruit and seeds – MHNT Flower Pollen grains, magnified. Crescentia cujete, commonly known as the calabash tree, is a species of flowering plant native to the Americas, that is grown in Africa, South-East Asia, Central America, South America, the West Indies and extreme southern Florida. [2]
Calabash chalk is a naturally occurring material composed of fossilized sea shells. However, it can be prepared artificially by combining clay, sand, wood ash and even salt. By molding and heating this mixture, the calabash chalk is obtained. [5] It is available as a powder, a molded shape or a block. [4] [5]
During decades both harps followed similar organology using a resonance body made of calabash rather than wood such as the traditional lute ngoni. This West African harp was initially played using only six strings but later that number was increased to eight, ten, twelve, fourteen, sixteen and eighteen strings.
The calabash can also be used as a sound board: a finger piano (a flat board with a bridge on which prongs are fastened, that are then played with the fingers) can use a calabash for that purpose, [1] and the gongoma is a similar instrument, using saw blades on a bridge affixed over the calabash—the blades are plucked with the fingers, while ...
In Uganda, Calabash is important in many aspects of life.For instance in Northern Uganda, its used for various reasons among which include; providing shade for babies in dry seasons especially in Lango and Acholi, Teso, Karamoja and Alur communities, [3] sold for income generation, [4] used for decoration in homes and cultural institutions.
Name used by the Acholi for their trough zither. [28] [41] [42] The Acholi instrument is a rectangular instrument, about 51.5 cm (20.25 in) long with seven nylon strings. [43] The instrument has a "bridge" at each end. [43] Images of the modern instrument show that a wood top has been added, converting the trough zither to a box zither. [12] [11]