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The Stories Our Heritage Still Tells

THE CALABASH AND THE RIVER

An old woman once carried a calabash to the river.

She dipped it into the water and watched the river fill it.

“Why does the river never keep the water for itself?” she wondered.

The river seemed to answer:

“Because what I receive is not mine to keep. I must give it onward.”

The old woman smiled.

She understood then that a calabash is useful not because it holds water, but because it carries something precious from one place to another.

And so it is with people, stories and cultures.

What we inherit is not meant to end with us.

We carry it.
We share it.
We pass it on.

The Nest — Culture • People • Place

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