Sound of Ceremony: An ululator In Botswana | Africa Direct Documentary

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Wow. The beauty of Setswana celebrations. This lady reminds me of my mum. She is sooo good in this craft also.

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In OShiwambo culture of Namibia, we ullulate during all happy events. However, everyone is able to do it. Of course some like my mother who brought me up, just like the beautiful lady here, are very very talented then others, so when they do it, everyone is kind of in awe of their almost perfect and distinctive ululating sound. For us however, the tongue does not hit on the horizontal corners of the mouth as is the case here, it hits the upper part of the mouth just after the teeth. It's always so good to see our African traditions similarities. Keep ululating our beautiful based :) .

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Beautiful..shine aus Naledi

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In my 72 years I have never heard of ululator, so I looked it up: Ululation, trilling or lele, is a long, wavering, high-pitched vocal sound resembling a howl with a trilling quality. It is produced by emitting a high-pitched loud voice accompanied with a rapid back and forth movement of the tongue and the uvula. You learn something every day. الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِين

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