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4 unusual facts about Calabash


Calabash, North Carolina

Calabash was named after gourds that grew in the region, which were used for drinking.

Scarab Productions

It was founded in 2001 by producer, writer, director Rick Schneider-Calabash.

Secession in the United States

A portion of the town of Calabash, North Carolina voted to secede from the town in 1998 after receiving permission for a referendum on the issue from the state of North Carolina.

Tuhu

The instrument's sound box is made from a bottle gourd, which is covered on the playing end with snake skin.


Hun Hunahpu

Its spittle (i.e., the juice of the calabash) impregnated a daughter of one of the lords of Xibalba, Xquic.

Ngongotaha

It is said Ihenga met the Patu-paiarehe on Mount Ngongotaha and was offered a drink from a calabash (ngongo = to drink, tahā = calabash.

Peter Goers

At the end of every show, Goers signs off with the line "Goodnight Mrs Calabash wherever you are" – a line borrowed from Jimmy Durante.

Vieux Farka Touré

Joined by Israeli bassist Yossi Fine and Malian calabash player Souleymane Kane, this recording session – acoustic, spontaneous and entirely improvised – resulted in the birth of The Touré-Raichel Collective.


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