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| My Calabash Bowl, filled with salad |
Check out my Calabash Bowl! It's a bowl made from the fruit of the Calabash tree. It's like a gourd in appearance and different trees actually make different shaped fruit. They are carved and used for cups, bowls, bottles (in years past sugar cane field workers carried Calabash bottles filled with water into the fields with them) and even for musical instruments and decorative uses.
The bowls are popular here in Grenada for use on the beach during
oil downs. Lucky for us, our friend Jude has a Calabash tree growing next to his house. He happily made two bowls for us and also a beautifully carved candle holder.
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| This is the tree growing next to Jude's house |
Calabash have grown all over the world, from Africa and Europe and the America's, for thousands of years before Columbus even discovered America. They have been carved and used for everything from carrying water to making music.
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| This is Jude. He made our Calabash Bowls! |
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Calabash growing on the tree
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| Our bowls came from this tree |
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| Jude also carved this beautiful Calabash candle holder for me |
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