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Origin
[edit]Plastic trumpets similar to the South African vuvuzelas became popular as early as 1978 in Argentina, during the FIFA World Cup that took place there that year.[citation needed]
In 2001, South Africa-based company Masincedane Sport began to mass-produce a plastic version.[1] Masincedane Sport holds the trademark on the vuvuzela name.[1]
The Nazareth Baptist Church claimed the vuvuzela belonged to their church and threatened legal action to cease the vuvuzelas from being played during the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[2]
Use at international tournaments
[edit]2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
[edit]After the Cup, FIFA received complaints from multiple European broadcasters who wanted it banned for the 2010 FIFA World Cup because the sound drowned out the voices of the commentators. Despite the complaints, FIFA permitted the instrument for use at the 2010 World Cup,[3] albeit only instruments shorter than one metre in length.[4]
Controversy
[edit]Health
[edit]Vuvuzelas have been controversial.[5]
Annoyance
[edit]Vuvuzelas have also been blamed for drowning the sound and atmosphere of football games.[6][7] Commentators have described the sound as "annoying" and "satanic"[8] and compared it with "a stampede of noisy elephants",[9] an elephant passing wind,[10] "a deafening swarm of locusts",[11] "a goat on the way to slaughter",[12] "a giant hive full of very angry bees",[13] and "a cow being given a surprise enema".[14]
"and vuvuzelas are blamed for drowning the sound and atmosphere of football games."
Response
[edit]Some commentators have defended the vuvuzela as being an integral and unique part of South African soccer culture and say it adds to the atmosphere of the game.[15][16] The Daily Telegraph's chief sports reporter Paul Kelso described critics of the vuvuzela as "killjoys" and said they should "stop moaning".[17]
In response to criticism of the horn's use, President of FIFA Sepp Blatter commented, "I have always said that Africa has a different rhythm, a different sound. I don't see banning the music traditions of fans in their own country. Would you want to see a ban on the fan traditions in your country?"[18]
On June 19, 2010 at a Major League Baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Florida Marlins at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Florida, the first 15,000 fans were given miniature vuvuzelas as part of a promotion.[19]
Safety
[edit]Vuvuzelas can pose a safety risk when spectators cannot hear evacuation announcements[20].
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Vuvuzela: SA football's beautiful noise". SouthAfrica.info. Retrieved September 9, 2008.
- ^ Fisher, Jonah (16 January 2010). "Unholy row over World Cup trumpet". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved January 16, 2010.
- ^ "FIFA give vuvuzela green light for World Cup". July 17, 2009. Retrieved July 18, 2009.
- ^ "FIFA verbiedt lange vuvuzela's" (in Dutch). June 10, 2010. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Makhaye, Chris (July 13, 2008). "Blasts of joy as vuvuzelas unbanned". IOL.
- ^ "Vuvuzela drone killing World Cup atmosphere - World Cup News - FOX Sports on MSN". Msn.foxsports.com. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
- ^ Rogers, Martin. "Buzzkill: Vuvuzelas ruining World Cup experience - International Football - Yahoo! Sports". G.sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "BBC News - 10 things about the vuvuzela". BBC Online. Tuesday, 15 June 2010 12:20 UK. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
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Clarke, Liz (June 6, 2010). "World Cup ready to open in South Africa and vuvuzelas will make plenty of noise". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
several coaches and players called for its banning, saying the din made it impossible to communicate on the pitch. Others claimed the vuvuzela posed a health hazard, stood to overwhelm TV broadcasts and was annoying, to boot. Why play the beautiful game, detractors asked, amid such horrible noise?
- ^ Makhanya, Mondli (May 30, 2010). "Nothing kills the joy of soccer like a bunch of wailing vuvuzelas". The Times. Retrieved 2010-06-11.,
- ^ Brunt, Stephen (June 11, 2010). "The happy chaos of Soccer City". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2010-06-11.,
- ^ Knox (June 20, 2010). "What's all the noise about? In a word, vuvuzela". Times Colonist. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
- ^ Matjila, Tsepho (June 14, 2010). "Hands off our Vuvuzelas". Sport24. Retrieved June 14, 2010.
- ^ Khanyile, Slindile (June 14, 2010). "Vuvuzela gives reverberating feel to soccer". Business Report. Retrieved June 14, 2010.
- ^ Kelso, Paul (June 14, 2010). "World Cup: Hoooonnnk! Its time for killjoys to stop moaning and embrace the vuvuzela". Telegraph Blogs. Retrieved June 14, 2010.
- ^ "Vuvuzelas defended via Twitter by Fifa boss Sepp Blatter". metro.co.uk Sports. June 14, 2010.
- ^ Rays voice displeasure over Miami air horns at mlb.com
- ^ "Are vuvuzelas a safety risk?". IOL. May 27, 2010.
Removed references
[edit]- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/10312794.stm
- http://www.fin24.com/Companies/SAB-moves-to-protect-vuvuzela-20040519
- http://www.chrisrawlinson.com/2010/06/hyundai-cape-town-giant-vuvuzela/
- http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j3vbSMaqg_pgOuWHjwPOeqNKXA0Q
- http://news.iafrica.com/sa/2472502.htm Vuvuzela scare animals.