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The use of the calabash in Hawaii has led to terms like "calabash family" or "calabash cousins", indicating an extended family grown up around shared meals and close friendships. This gourd is often dried when ripe and used as a percussion instrument called an ipu heke (double gourd drum) or just Ipu in contemporary and ancient hula.
Crescentia cujete, dry fruit and seeds – MHNT Flower Pollen grains, magnified. Crescentia cujete, commonly known as the calabash tree, is a species of flowering plant native to the Americas, that is grown in Africa, South-East Asia, Central America, South America, the West Indies and extreme southern Florida. [2]
Crescentia (calabash tree, huingo, krabasi, or kalebas) is a genus of six species ... The species are moderate-size trees growing to 10 m (35 ft) tall, ...
Culturally, the Calabash was used as a signal to call community members to a village meeting for unity. [7] It was drummed using metallic strings for its sound to reach longer distance. To this present day, The calabash is still used for many traditional functions and tourism. [4] Also, witch doctors use it to perform rituals at different ...
The story goes that in the 1930’s, fishermen brought their finds to the banks of the Calabash River. There, locals battered and fried the seafood at picnics called fish camps.
A modern bombilla design uses a straight tube with holes or a spring sleeve to act as a sieve. [5] The container the mate is served in is also known as mate. [c] It is commonly made from calabash gourd but may also be made out of other materials.
Vacationeers and visitors to Calabash, N.C. cross River Road, to shop at Callahan’s or visit any one of the many restaurants that line the street on Thursday, June 27, 2024 in Calabash, N.C.
[14] This terminology is contested by the New King James Version which calls which simply uses the term plant. In Catholicism, the calabash and rod that pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago adorn have become synonymous with the image of Raphael (archangel). The gourd also makes frequent appearances in Chinese mythology.