In Chinese music, gourds fall into one of the eight categories of instruments and produce some of the most essential sounds in a modern orchestra, such as the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra.

In India, it is an important vegetable crop. In green stage, the vegetables and leaves with stem are used as a vegetable. Hard shell of the Bottle Gourd is used for different purposes. It is one of ...

The 38-year-old musician, also known as Vee Mhofu, is a renowned Mbira performer. The instrument, preserved for more than a thousand years by the Shona people, who make up the majority of Zimbabwe's ...

Jennings spent several years in Ontario, Canada, where she studied under a four-year arts apprenticeship. During this time, she honed her skills in hand-carving traditional instruments made from ...

So, why does the humble gourd play such a central role? In Daoism, China’s indigenous religion, the gourd is considered a ritual instrument capable of absorbing all matter, like a black hole, and a ...

Some traditional Indigenous stories can only be uttered during the wintertime. A member of the Gila River Indian Community ...

“We forget the fact that prior to us coming here, we had longstanding music traditions on the thumb piano, on the balafon [a gourd-resonating xylophone], the various wooden key ...

Cabinet card image of Horace Weston (ca. 1880s) posing with his top hat and a fretless instrument, possibly a Stewart Universal Presentation banjo, included in the research files of the Old Town ...

Whisper Gourd, age 26, of Fort Totten, ND, died Sunday, February 9, 2025, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND. Whisper’s Visitation will be Monday, at 5:00PM followed by a Prayer Service at 7:00PM ...

Harness the power of knowledge with the industry-leading instruments that GIA uses in its grading laboratories. Representing more than 85 years of research and the combined expertise of GIA’s ...

George Gershwin called one of his early classic songs, first created by Fred and Adele Astaire, “Fascinating Rhythm”. It was ...

Debt instruments come in different forms, some more obvious than others. Keep reading to find out more about debt instruments and the most common types issued by lenders. A debt instrument is an ...