The phafana that made me a warrior

Off course I have no interest in entering any lion infested forest in my lifetime but recently I felt like a brave warrior when I attended Son of the Soil (SOTS) event with my most valuable cultural asset, phafana (African calabash).

Most men these days want to drink beer in fancy bottles but I had kept that phafana for two years since buying it in 2015 and it was one of the most valuable beer containers in my collection. The same way a warrior sharpens his spear before any battle, that morning I had to soak the phafana in hot water and used chewing gum to fill the holes and cracks. The calabash is a product of a gourd plant so it is bound to suffer a few damages over time. I find it easy to maintain my calabash because I know what I am dealing with. All this time I had to keep it in a dry place after washing and normally it should not be kept in water for a very long time.