there are different types of gourd trees (Crescentia cujete), which produce round or oval fruits of different sizes. The women pick them when they are ripe: when they make a certain sound.

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[1] For most people, gourds are for eating, not for making music. In Chinese music, gourds fall into one of the eight categories of instruments and produce some of the most essential sounds in a ...