Mate burilado

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Mate burilado are calabash or gourd fruit decorated by hand with a technique called burilado using the carving instrument called {{ill|buril|es}} or burin. This Peruvian folk art form is found in the Mantaro Valley, as well as in the provinces of Lambayeque and Huanta. For more than 4,000 years, artisans have practiced the tradition of hand-carving dried gourds to document oral narratives.{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Briahnna |title=A Look Behind the Peruvian Art of Gourd Carving |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/peruvian-art-gourd-carving-180955656/ |website=Smithsonian Magazine |access-date=17 February 2023 |language=en |date=24 June 2015}} Commonly, the training process takes five years.{{cite web |last1=Zajur |first1=Holly |title="Mate Burilado", The Ultimate Pumpkin Carving! |url=https://amazonaid.org/mate-burilado-ultimate-pumpkin-carving/ |website=Amazon Aid Foundation |access-date=17 February 2023 |date=28 October 2016}}