Ululation - The Killer Wail

Sorry, but I like the one Xena: Warrior Princess uses much better.

Thats strange. Half of this did not post. Here is the rest.

Witches and Warlocks Ululate: (http://www.spiritonline.com/dictionary/u.html)

Ululation "The part of an incantation or chant which demands full vocal force and volume"

Ululation is Related To Undulation: (http://www.joyofbellydancing.com/puzzlerterms.htm)

Belly dance terms

Al Jeel (ahl JEEL) – refers to a style of music popular in Egypt today.

Assuit (uh SOOT) – refers to textile art from Egypt in which tiny bits of metal are attached into mesh fabric to create a design.

Awwady (uh WAHD dee) – Arabic music, this refers to the free-form improvised instrumental solo that has no underlying rhythm.

Bedleh (BED luh) – Arabic, this literally means "suit". It refers to the cabaret-style beaded bra/belt/skirt/body stocking costume that a belly dancer wears for a performance.

Beledi (BELL uh dee) – Arabic meaning "my country", "my village" or "my home town"

Choli (CHOH lee) – bare-midriff, fitted blouse worn under saris by women in India.

Debke (DEB kee) – folk dance native to Lebanon.

Ghawazee (guh WAH zee) – term refers to the tribe of gypsies that settled in Egypt.

Guedra (GEE druh) – ancient blessing ritual practiced by one of the Tuageg Berber tribes.

Habibi (hah BEE bee) – Arabic meaning "my darling" or "beloved"

Hafla (HAHF lah) – basically refers to a party.

Khaleegy (kuh LEE jee) – Arabic meaning "gulf". Refers to the style of music and dance from the Persian Gulf/Arabian peninsula area. In America it is called "Saudi" rhythm.

Maqam (mah KAHM) – Arabic meaning "place". This is the foundation of Middle Eastern music.

Mawwal (mah WALL) – in Arabic music, this refers to free, non-rhythmic singing.

Mizmar (MIZZ mar) – musical instrument that produces a loud, blaring sound.

Rakkas - Arabic word means "the male dancer"

Raks Sharki (rocks SHARK-ee) – Arabic meaning "dance of the East". Refers to cabaret-style belly dance.

Sagat (suh GOT) – Arabic name for finger cymbals.

Saz (sahz) – gourd-shaped Turkish stringed instrument.

Shaabi (SHAH bee) – refers to a type of modern-day Egyptian music; from the back streets of Cairo.

Shebecka (shuh BECK kuh) – Egyptian name for body stocking that is worn with bedleh.

Takht (tahkt) – refers to a small ensemble of Egyptian musicians.

Taqsim (tock SEEM) – Arabic meaning "division". Refers to the section of music where a specific instrument is playing a solo.

Zagat (shu GOT) – another spelling for the Arabic name for finger cymbals.

Zaghareet (zah guh REET) – high-pitched ululation done with the tongue. It is a sound of celebration.

Zeffa (ZEFF hu) – refers to an Arabic wedding procession.

Zills (ZILLS) – Turkish name for finger cymbals.

Ululation is a side effect of some FDA approved Drugs:(http://www.geistmag.com/dailygeist_9-24-00.shtml)

MOGWAXIN: Initially thought to have similar side effects to a placebo in test subjects, frequent users of the fertility drug Mogwaxin may have far more dangerous reactions. "An independent study bythe FDA determined that women who regularly take Mogwaxin as a fertility treatment may have very harmful side effects," said FDA special investigator Roy Holden. "These can include an increased proclivity for high-pitched ululation and the inability to eat after midnight without devolving into an evil reptile creature. Most concerning of all, Mogwaxin appears to be so effective that contact with water will cause the woman to begin shooting fetuses out of her back." Ululation Also Irritates Muslim Males: (http://www.usc.edu/dept/comp-lit/tympanum/4/weltman_aron.html)

Algerian women have not waited for the War of Independence to participate in heroic acts of war. Above all, their part involved an ocular and oral reporting and witnessing of the battle: traditionally, "at the end of heroic fights, woman used to watch, woman used to shout: a witnessing gaze throughout the battle, which ululation prolonged in order to encourage the warrior" (153). But tradition has also preserved specific acts in the history of Algerian resistances of the nineteenth century, which represent "women warriors, out of that traditional role of spectators" (156). These episodes are often grafted in the cultural imaginary on the image of the feudal queen mother, presented as a heroic, if desexualized body (157). On the contrary, "The Song of Messaouda," which is still heard in the tribes of the Algerian South, commemorates the story of a young woman, Messaouda, who changed the course of a battle fought in 1839, so goes the tale, by addressing the almost defeated soldiers and reproaching them with the taunt: "Must a young girl show how men must behave?" Exposing herself to the enemies by sliding out of the walls of the fortress, she exclaimed: "Where are the men of my tribe? Where are my brothers? Where are those who sang love songs to me?" (156). Startled, the soldiers came to her rescue while responding: "Be happy [messaouda], here are your brothers, here are your lovers!" (156), and won the day.

Ululation: American Women Incapable: (http://www.lovensteininstitute.com/virago/harpyshrewbeast/nag.htm)

Professor Von Harridan: Most American females are physically incapable of producing the ululatory sound. The tip of the typical female tongue of a Palestinian fishwife, for example, is rounded and soft. By contrast, the typical American female tongue is very, very sharp. It has a noticeable cutting edge. If an American female attempted to ululate, she would likely cut the inside of her mouth to ribbons."

A brick in the face of that fat load of a girl on TV will solve that ululation problem.

See Warrior Princesses Ululate above!!! (so do I - yiyiyiyiyi)

Oh that picture has haunted me! Like to see some freeperettes give her an attitude adjustment.

Me, too -- but at least we can be thankful she didn't do a belly dance!

I am confident that that fat cow with the geeky glasses will forever regret having done her camel call on tape.
I would like to personally thank whoever took care of that problem.

Celebrating the death of thousands is not a nice (or safe) activity, regardless of the circumstances.

That's the idea. I know some chicks from the south side who could go over and give her a tuneup.

All I can say is "Please let her be a terrorist. Please!"

OOL-yoo-LAY-shun, YIYIYIYIYI,ALALALALA

BOOM,ahh,silence!

MetroActive Movies | Halfaouine
... a tantalizing lot, telling dirty jokes, belly dancing and doing that hair-raising
vocal ululation that they used to scare the French in The Battle of Algiers. ...
www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/03.21.96/halfaouine-9612.html - 5k - Cached - Similar pages

Looks like a Lolita spinoff to me. (And BTW, lots of stuff scares the French!)

Yeah, WWF needs to dress up some female, put a mask on her and call her The Masked Ululator. Then let China kick her fanny! Remember Skandar AkBar back in the 70s?

I feel so underwhelmed with their ability. I will now go drive my car, something the women aren't ALLOWED to in a lot of those middle east countries.

Some good stuff here.

By the way, I have long admired Herrin Professor von Harridan's research.

I agree. I wish that he and Dr. Chauvin had kept up their collaberation. I fear, though, that much of their research is over many people's head.

Some inventive type needs to cut and paste her face on a belly dancer. Or streetwalker. Then mail the pictue anonymously to her husband. Is Domestic Abuse illegal in Palestine?