Mate burilado are
calabash
Calabash (; ''Lagenaria siceraria''), also known as bottle gourd, white-flowered gourd, long melon, birdhouse gourd, New Guinea bean, Tasmania bean, and opo squash, is a vine grown for its fruit. It can be either harvested young to be consumed ...
or
gourd
Gourds include the fruits of some flowering plant species in the family Cucurbitaceae, particularly ''Cucurbita'' and '' Lagenaria''. The term refers to a number of species and subspecies, many with hard shells, and some without. One of the ear ...
fruit decorated by hand with a technique called burilado using the carving instrument called or
burin. This Peruvian
folk art
Folk art covers all forms of visual art made in the context of folk culture. Definitions vary, but generally the objects have practical utility of some kind, rather than being exclusively decorative. The makers of folk art are typically tr ...
form is found in the
Mantaro Valley
The Mantaro Valley, also known as Jauja Valley, is a fluvial inter-Andean valley of Junin region, east of Lima, the capital of Peru. The Mantaro River flows through the fertile valley which produces potatoes, maize, and vegetables among othe ...
, as well as in the
provinces
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
of
Lambayeque and
Huanta
Huanta is a town in Central Peru, capital of the province Huanta in the region Ayacucho.
History
In the era of the Spanish American wars of independence, Huanta remained loyal to the Spanish m ...
. For more than 4,000 years, artisans have practiced the tradition of hand-carving dried gourds to document oral narratives.
Commonly, the training process takes five years.
Notable people
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Irma Poma Canchumani (born 1969), Peruvian mate burilado artist and environmental defender
References
Peruvian art
Folk art
Indigenous art of the Americas
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