A loud, grating drone. A constant high-pitched sound making you feel like you’re in a giant beehive. Annoying. Deafening. Throbbing. If you’ve watched so much as five minutes’ worth of a World Cup 2010 game, you know we’re talking about what has easily become the Championship’s signature sound: the vuvuzela.
To say that the vuvuzela is currently one of the world’s most listened-to “musical instruments” (some would say “noise maker” is a more appropriate term here) is hardly an exaggeration. Vuvuzela sales have skyrocketed, though vuvuzela manufacturers say they have yet to see a true economic benefit because of their incredibly thin margins. We give you these numbers, along with some interesting vuvuzela facts, in our latest infographic.
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leave a commentThe article is funny concerning the original date of manufacture in 2001… since we all had these in 1964. And they were just as annoying then too!
People simply must refrain from bringing those darn soccer balls to vuvuzela concerts!