Used by woman to improvise for or replace a drum when it's raining. Elere Emombi: used only during initiation - sacred and rarely seen - once each 20 to 30 years Etantang: used for Koumpo dance and wrestling festivities Ewang: used during male initiation Fouindoum: drum used during initiation Gabilene: sound make with a horn of an animal History Early history These megaliths were built by the ancestors of the Serer people or of the Jola. The Serer and Jola people believe in a common ancestry and have a joking relationship with each other which they assign to their ancient shared cultural heritage. According to the legend of Jambooñ and Againe (an ancient Serer and Jola legend), two sisters boarded a pirogue with their parties. Due to act of nature, the pirogue broke into half at the Point of Sangomar. Those who headed south became the ancestors of the Jola (descendants of Agaire) and those who headed north became the ancestors of the Serer people (descendants of Jambooñ). The Point of Sangomar is one of the sacred Serer sites. Notable Jola people , architectural engineer in Senegal. Alexander Mendy Alioune Badara Faty Agostinho Cá Baciro Candé Bakery Jatta Batista Mendy Benjamin André Charlie Davies Dayot Upamecano Dion Lopy Domingas Togna Ebou Adams Edelino Ié Emiliano Té Elhadji Malick Tall Ismail Jakobs Jules Francois Bocandé, footballer Bruma, footballer Mamadu Candé Mesca John Carew, footballer Joseph Lopy Maixent Coly, Bishop of Ziguinchor (1995–2010) Ansu Fati Jacques Faty Ricardo Faty Romain Gall Arthur Gómez Emmanuel Gómez Edgar Ié Yahya Jammeh, President of the Gambia (July 1994 to 2017) Maudo Jarjué Pa Modou Jagne Mansa Suling Jatta, King of Kombo (Gambia) Joshua King Papis Loveday Nuha Marong Arial Mendy Q-Tip (musician), rapper from the band A Tribe Called Quest Augustin Sagna, Bishop of Ziguinchor (1966–1995) Bacary Sagna, footballer Robert Sagna, politician Jill Scott, musician Lang Tombong Tamba, former army chief of staff of the Gambia Sheck Wes Opa Sanganté Omar Gaye Piqueti Steve Ambri Virgil Gomis Wilson Manafá Zidane Banjaqui Oumar Niasse See also La Mulâtresse Solitude Musée de la Culture Diola References External links Les Diolas Les jeunes Diola face à l'exode rural Diola Akonting, A West African Ancestor of the Banjo Banjo Ancestors: The Akonting and Buchundu Folk Lutes Folklore and Language materials collected in the 1960s among the Kujamaat Jóola (Diola Fogny) Casamance