Editing Calabash (section)

===Philippines===
In the Philippines, dried calabash gourds are one common material for making a traditional ''[[salakot]]'' hat.<ref name="Peralta">{{cite book|last=Peralta|first=Jesus T.|title=Salakot and Other Headgear|date=2013|publisher=National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) & Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (ICHCAP), UNESCO|page=232|url=https://www.unesco-ichcap.org/eng/ek/sub3/pdf_file/domain5/095_Salakot_and_Other_Headgear.pdf|access-date=6 March 2020|archive-date=24 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124234811/https://www.unesco-ichcap.org/eng/ek/sub3/pdf_file/domain5/095_Salakot_and_Other_Headgear.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2012, Teófilo García of [[Abra (province)|Abra]] in [[Luzon]], an expert artisan who makes the [[Ilocano people|Ilocano]] ''tamburaw'' variant using calabash, was awarded by the [[National Commission for Culture and the Arts]] with the ''"Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan"'' (National Living Treasures Award). He was cited for his dedication to practising and teaching the craft as an [[intangible cultural heritage]] of the Philippines under the Traditional Craftsmanship category.<ref name="Peralta"/>
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File:Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Money Museum salakot display.jpg|''[[Salakot]]'' in the [[Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas]] Money Museum, with the bottom one made from calabash
File:Salakots and women's hats (1900).jpg|''[[Salakot]]'' from the Philippines (c.1900), the top one is made from calabash
File:LM DIEGO SILANG.jpg|Bust of [[Diego Silang]], the 18th-century Ilocano revolutionary leader, shown wearing a ''tamburaw'' made from gourd
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