Calabash Art
Today begins the Calabash festival in Montserrat. Recently I have heard of Calabash Bay Andros. Calabash Bay is a prominent beach in Saint Elizabeth Parish Jamaica. There is Calabash Bay Lodge in Australia and a Calabash hotel in Grenada and today the feature picture is made from calabash in the Island of Martinique. Although the calabash grows in Nassau, including in mother-in-law’s yard it is not usually used or decorated. What is usually decorated in Nassau can range from drift wood to seeds and many other natural materials. There are so many talented people who employ the use of nature in their art. This brings to mind the Parish Church of Holy Cross in Nassau. This church has some of the most talented people that I know of in the Bahamas. (I really wonder if they are descendants of Calabash Bay.) They have an annual Arts and Crafts day. I am awaiting their next arts and crafts day when I may attempt to paint my first calabash.
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