Pumpkin Samba

Size: 42x30 cm
Media: oil colors on canvas

© ANDRE STASHINSKI 2010

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This is beatiful hand-decorated musical instrument from Peru - Gourd Guiro, made from whole gourd, without even opening it. It is in the same family as the pumpkin. When its getting dry, the seeds inside drying as well and falling one-one. By turning it upsidedown, you also get the sound of flowing water, which absolutely magic. The güiro is a percussion instrument consisting of an open-ended, hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side. It is played by rubbing a wooden stick ("pua") along the notches to produce a ratchet-like sound.