0 (a tropical plant which produces) a large fruit, the outside of which becomes hard when dried and can be used as a container --
Its soft, bland, somewhat mucilaginous flesh is similar to that of the luffa and the calabash.
The calabash is a gourd similar to a squash, grown specifically for use in pipes.
The gyil is usually played in pairs, accompanied by a calabash gourd drum called a "kuor".
Mate is served with a metal straw from a shared hollow calabash gourd.
He gave them two calabashes with the instructions never to open them.
The myth is performed mostly by a single bard wielding a calabash made into a rattle and donning various bells and other forms of noisemakers.
In a "fixed-key" balafon, the keys are suspended by leather straps just above a wooden frame, under which are hung graduated-size calabash gourd resonators.
Dried calabash is also used as containers of liquids, often liquors or medicine.
