Proserpina, Ceres drinks water given her by Hecuba, and is mocked by the boy, Askalabos, for spilling some of it. She will transform him into a lowly "star-lizard'...

objects to produce a variety of percussive sounds. In Tuareg music, the askalabo is a calabash "partly submerged in water, drummed to mimic camels' hooves"...

the ceremonies they hold before they go on hunts. In Tuareg music, the askalabo is a calabash "partly submerged in water, drummed to mimic camels' hooves"...