How do you clean a dried gourd?

What do you call a dried calabash gourd or coconut shell filled with seeds or dried beans?

• Answer:

  The percussion instruments, maracas, are dried gourds, or sacs of leather, or balls of wood, clay or plastic, filled with seeds, frequently with one pitched higher than the other, and usually with handles. They are usually played in pairs with one or more held in either or both hands. The word maracas is Puerto Rican, possibly of Brazilian origin coming from an old north African term, but there are many versions of the instruments worldwide, with different names. They are often highly-decorated and are an important part of traditional rythmn bands but today are used in many different types of music.