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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.
Gourd is occasionally used to describe crop plants in the family Cucurbitaceae, like pumpkins, cucumbers, squash, luffa, and melons. [1] More specifically, gourd refers to the fruits of plants in the two Cucurbitaceae genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita, [2] [3] or also to their hollow, dried-out shell. There are many different gourds worldwide.
The gourd mouth organ is tuned based on the pentatonic scale without semitones, especially in the melodies, and the melodies are usually accompanied by chords. [1] Pitches can be changed by closing and opening the pipe holes. [3] The players hold the instrument almost horizontally and blow into the windchest during aspiration. [1]
Whole buffalo gourd seeds contain approximately 31% crude protein, which is usable for human consumption and for feed. Starches are mainly located in the tap root, which forms after the first year of growth. The starch content in the dried root is between 47.5% [11] and 56%. [5] Fresh leaves or the whole plants can be used as animal food.
Other names for the instrument include afuxê, afoxé, cabaca, cabasa, and cabaza depending on the language and culture. [3] The shekere is made from vine gourds that grow on the ground. The shape of the gourd determines the sound of the instrument. A shekere is made by drying the gourd for several months then removing the pulp and seeds.
The instrument's name comes from the Mandarin Chinese word húlu (葫蘆絲/葫 芦 丝), meaning "Calabash gourd," and si, meaning "silk" (referring to the instrument's smooth tone). HULUSI The instrument is called pi lamtao in the Dai (Tai Nuea) language of Dehong and "pi namtao" in Lue language ( Sipsong Panna ), Khun language ( Kengtung ...
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]
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