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.

Like in other communities, the calabash among the Asians is used for storage, serving or feeding. The collection includes long and shallow gourds from pastoralist communities, the Kalenjin gourds ...

Calabash nutmeg (Monodora myristica), also known as African nutmeg, is a lesser-known but culturally significant spice native to Africa. It has been used for centuries in traditional medicine and ...

Sushi Ai’s signature dish is braised Hokkaido ankimo (monkfish liver) with kanpyo (calabash gourd) and ikura (salmon roe) on top of a nori chip and finished with hanaho (shiso flower).

In Chinese music, gourds fall into one of the eight categories ... [4] The sheng was invented when people stuck bamboo pipes into a calabash and blew air into it to make musical notes.

KFCB CEO Dr Ezekiel Mutua admiring a decorated gourd presented to him by artists at Ngeria ACK church, Eldoret, on July 18, 2021. [Courtesy] Lagat has reserved part of her farm to grow calabash ...