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Gaara carries around this giant [[Wikipedia:Calabash|calabash]]-shaped [[wikipedia:gourd|gourd]] covered in designs and filled with his [[chakra]]-infused [[sand]] which he can freely manipulate. The gourd and cork are also made from sand and can be broken down and used to perform techniques as well.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 56, pages 5-13</ref> [[Kiba Inuzuka]] noted that the sand from the gourd has a strong stench of blood, due to the number of people Gaara has killed with it.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 59, page 3</ref>
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Gaara carries around this giant [[Wikipedia:Calabash|calabash]]-shaped [[Wikipedia:Gourd|gourd]] covered in designs and filled with his [[chakra]]-infused [[sand]] which he can freely manipulate. Infused with his own chakra, Gaara controls this sand far easier than natural sand, though he can use this supply to break down the ground to increase the quantity of sand. The gourd and cork are also made from sand and can be broken down and used to perform techniques as well.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 56, pages 5-13</ref> [[Kiba Inuzuka]] noted that the sand from the gourd has a strong stench of blood, due to the number of people Gaara has killed with it.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 59, page 3</ref>
   
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
* According to old folklore, [[wikipedia:tanuki|tanuki]] are thought to have been well "endowed" and would sling there testicles over their shoulders. The way Gaara wears his sand gourd highly resembles this.
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* According to old folklore, [[Wikipedia:Tanuki|tanuki]] are thought to have been well "endowed" and would sling there testicles over their shoulders. The way Gaara, the third [[jinchūriki]] of the tanuki [[tailed beast]] [[Shukaku]], wears his sand gourd highly resembles this.
   
 
== References ==
 
== References ==

Revision as of 05:51, 14 January 2015

Gaara carries around this giant calabash-shaped gourd covered in designs and filled with his chakra-infused sand which he can freely manipulate. Infused with his own chakra, Gaara controls this sand far easier than natural sand, though he can use this supply to break down the ground to increase the quantity of sand. The gourd and cork are also made from sand and can be broken down and used to perform techniques as well.[1] Kiba Inuzuka noted that the sand from the gourd has a strong stench of blood, due to the number of people Gaara has killed with it.[2]

Trivia

  • According to old folklore, tanuki are thought to have been well "endowed" and would sling there testicles over their shoulders. The way Gaara, the third jinchūriki of the tanuki tailed beast Shukaku, wears his sand gourd highly resembles this.

References

  1. Naruto chapter 56, pages 5-13
  2. Naruto chapter 59, page 3