...The calabash fruit can be used in different ways. We use it as a bowl for our waj (tortillas), as drinking vessels or to carry hot liquids, so they stay warm. And we design them for a gift or a handicraft...

...When the calabash are full size we pull them from the tree......

...We cut them into pieces, depending on which shape we want for the designed calabash...

...We draw first and then carve all kinds of different designs on it, such as typical animals, birds and plants from Belize or ancient Maya God images...

...When we finish to carve, we sand paper the designed calabash and put a string to hang it...