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.

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 ...

Gujarati literature found centrestage in Mumbai yesterday when Ahmedabad-based literature group Paraspar made a poetic ...

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.

Nigel Thompson jets out to paradise to have some rudderly brilliant fun at Sandals Dunn's River resort in Jamaica ...

The fresh produce section will include hard to find ethnic food such as tendora, an ivy gourd, dhudi, which is a calabash, and karela, a bitter melon, as well as popular fruits such as Indian mango.

The ensemble delivered a harmonious blend of vocals and instruments, including the Mbira, traditional drums and the hosho, a gourd rattle ... placed inside a large calabash resonator.

The raft captains carve decorations on dried calabash pods (a form of dried gourd) for souvenir beakers and will of course try to sell you one – $20 well spent as a tip and a memento.