Image via Wikipedia$250 million, 190,000 square foot museum. Check it out at www.themim.org. The very day I scheduled this post a young man came up to me and asked where the vuvuzela was in the museum. 5,500 instruments on display and not one vuvuzela...yet!
Traditionally made and inspired from a kudu horn, the vuvuzela was used to summon distant villagers to attend community gatherings. The vuvuzela is most used at soccer matches in South Africa, and it has become a symbol of South African soccer as the stadiums are filled with its loud and raucous sound that reflects the exhilaration of supporters. The intensity of the sound caught the attention of the global soccer community during the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in anticipation of South Africa hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
