FIFA WC 2010

What's plastic, a metre long, colorful and sounds like an elephant?

It's the vuvuzela, the noise-making trumpet of South African football fans.
It's the iconic sound of South African football!

Wikipedia quotes, "A vuvuzela, sometimes called a "lepatata" (its Setswana name) or a stadium horn, is a blowing horn, approximately one metre in length, commonly blown by fans at soccer matches in South Africa. They require some lip and lung strength to blow and emit a loud monotone like a foghorn or an elephant..."

The vuvuzela came to international attention during the run-up to the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2010 FIFA World Cup, both hosted in South Africa. Some football commentators, players and international audiences argued against the vuvuzela during the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk and Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso also called for a ban, moaning that the players find it hard to communicate  and put their concnetration on the match. FIFA refused to ban them stating that there would be no fans without vuvuzela!!

Whatever they say, whatever they do, Vuvuzela's sweet noise will be the world's ringtone for a month!!!