Ululation
Ululation (from Latin ululare howl) is a long, high sound with a rapidly fluctuating pitch, a special type of howl . Anyone who ululates quickly moves the tongue and uvula and sings a high note at the same time. Ululation was already known as an exclamation of joy in ancient Greece. Ululation, which is often practiced in the choir, is a domain of women. The vocal technique is often used as an expression of joy, especially at weddings, as well as an expression of sadness and religious ecstasy.
In Arab countries, ululation is called zaghruta . Ululation also occurs in India and in African music . Traditional songs with elements of ululation can be found, for example, on the 1997 CD Zaghareed by Mohsen Subhi. There the ululation is embedded in the overall context of the songs. It is also common at funerals of martyrs in the Islamic world.
In medicine, ululation is an inarticulate, excessive screaming in hysteria and some psychoses .
Web links
- Ululation of women in Nigeria in preparation for a wedding
- Song "I SIKULU" ("God is great") on Shangaan in South Africa, where it is built into the song
- Elementary school students from Misai Primary School in Nguni thank them for the school books
- Wedding in Israel
- Tzahallulim (dance) ensemble from Hadera, Israel
- quick flick of the tongue
Individual evidence
- ^ Karin Pendle: Women & Music - A History . Indiana University Press, Bloomington 1991, ISBN 0-253-34321-6
- ↑ Laura K. Mac Clure: Spoken like a woman - speech and gender in Athenian drama . NJ Princeton University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-691-01730-1
- ↑ Arabic Dictionary http://www.ectaco.co.uk/English-Arabic-Dictionary/
- ↑ Mohsen Subhi - Zaghareed http://www.el-funoun.org/productions/zaghared.html ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ " Ululation ", Lexicon of Neuroscience at Wissenschaft-online.de
- ↑ Uwe Henrik Peters: Lexicon Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie, Medical Psychology , 6th edition, Elsevier, Urban & Fischer Verlag, 2007, ISBN 3-437-15061-8 , p. 575 ( limited preview in Google book search)
