Vuvuzela

When the French football team had returned home from the Football World Championship in South Africa, the newspaper Le Monde conducted a poll on who was responsible for the disgraceful defeat - they hadn’t even reached the eighth final -, the result was: 24% said it was the coach and the French football association, 30% said it was the footballers’ fault and 17 % blamed the vuvuzelas. Vuvu who? Vuvu what? In case you live in the heart of a forest or in an offshore lighthouse without any football fans nearby and don’t watch TV, then you may not know what a vuvuzela is. No need to be embarrassed ... more

I would just like to write a review on the Vuvuzela, which is a wonderful yet slightly annoying supposed musical instrument that is currently being used by many a football fan who are in the throes of suporting their team in that little known football tournament that is currently taking place in South Africa. In terms of what it actually looks like, I would have to say that it is a bit of a cross between a clarinet and one of those old trumpet/ horn type set ups that we see in many medieval places. However in order to play it, all that you do is blow in one end (the smaller end of the two for ... more

Oh god, the Vuvuzela. Up until a few weeks ago I had absolutely no idea what a Vuvuzela was (it sounds like a creepy 50s B movie female supervillain who might star alongside Vampira) but now, still locked as we are in world cup fever, it seems impossible to get away from the things. They must be importing them over to here by the tankerload from China of whevever they are mass produced. And mass-produced they are indeed. A friend of mine bought one of these things and showed me it at length (and indeed encouraged, no, insisted, that I have a go) and it struck me as a cheaply made and nasty ... more

The vuvuzela I heard is a part of the south african culture. It is a plastic horn like or trumpetlike device that when blown produces a lot of noise that researchers have put at about 120 decibels. History though has it that the origins of this instrument is from mexico. It is about two feet long made of plastic and is not of a high quality so be careful in handling it It alongside the diski dance have come to be associated with the world cup. A lot of people have put so many arguments for and against the use of the vuvuzela. such arguments include those put forward by the players that instead ... more