Calabash was named after gourds that grew in the region, which were used for drinking.
It was founded in 2001 by producer, writer, director Rick Schneider-Calabash.
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.
The instrument's sound box is made from a bottle gourd, which is covered on the playing end with snake skin.
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Its spittle (i.e., the juice of the calabash) impregnated a daughter of one of the lords of Xibalba, Xquic.
It is said Ihenga met the Patu-paiarehe on Mount Ngongotaha and was offered a drink from a calabash (ngongo = to drink, tahā = calabash.
At the end of every show, Goers signs off with the line "Goodnight Mrs Calabash wherever you are" – a line borrowed from Jimmy Durante.
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.