This year, the dancers, in every age and size, will perform "Calabash: The African Gourd." "The calabash was an instrument, it was the first drum," musical director of Imani Edutainers Chinua ...

This object is made from the fruit of a gourd-plant ... in many cultures around the world. My calabash was acquired when we were living in West Africa in the 1950s-60s. It comprises a lid and ...

Traditionally, a calabash was placed on a holding ... settle on the hollow base," said Manthi. Traditionally, African communities used gourds and calabashes for different purpose including storage ...

His first stop? The supermarket. A large, green calabash gourd caught his eye, and inspiration struck. Why not use it as a cooking pot? As a scout, he had cooked in green papayas, coconuts and bamboo.

The calabash bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) has been cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions of the world for thousands of years. The vine produces a large fruit that when mature can be ...