World

Tue Sep 21

If you were called by a melody, how would it sound? Communities in Ethiopia and PNG name people with unique individual tunes

Written by: Hannah Sarvasy, Research Fellow in Linguistics, Western Sydney University

Binoora Bhultse demonstrates the two-handed _moyzé_ whistling technique used in the Oyda district of southwest Ethiopia. Azeb Amha, Author provided

36-year-old Binoora Bhultse lives in Garda village in the Oyda district of southwest Ethiopia.

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