Nobel Peace Prize winners
Leymah Gbowee, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Tawakul Karman
Today is be a good day for ululation
A sound from ancient Greece and Egypt that continues to now
the sound of women celebrating
feeling strongly
in India, throughout Africa and the Middle East
It is onomatopoeia known by many names
in many tongues
It is onomatopoeia known by many names
in many tongues
my favorite is Ulu-uli
Ulu-uli...yes....
a long, wavering, high-pitched sound accompanied by
moving the tongue, rapidly, from left to right
repetitively
A cry of praise in honor and today in celebration
Three women share the peace prize
Three women share the peace prize
It is a foreign sound to many of us in the west
but it is familiar to this years winners.
but it is familiar to this years winners.
So, maybe we can practice it for them.
Join in with a woman at the 2010 ululating competition
in Nagaland a state in far nothern India
Each of these women is worth knowing better. In my research, starting in earnest today, I offer these words from Leymah Gbowee from an interview that is worth hearing with Michel Martin on NPR's program "Tell me more"
"MARTIN: Finally, do you have any wisdom to share? Perhaps to a younger you
who is just starting this sort of path of awakening that you've been on.
Ms. GBOWEE: Well, one of the things that I always say is never despise a
humble beginning. That's my word of wisdom. No matter how small, if you have
a conviction that this is something that is going to change your community,
if you have a conviction that this is something that is going to change your
family, if you have a conviction that this is something that is going to do
some good, step out and do it. That's one.
The second word of wisdom that I would like to leave with the American
people, in the face of evil, in the face of depravation, in the face of a
lot of horrible things when you turn on your radio, people sometimes lose
hope, that evil is winning. But I just want you to know that from a tiny
part of West Africa, a group of women there taught me to know that in this
life, good always overcome evil. Thank you."
Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli...Ulu-uli
Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli
Rises up from the Ministry of Crones and gorgeous women everywhere
Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli...Ulu-uli
Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli
in Nagaland a state in far nothern India
Each of these women is worth knowing better. In my research, starting in earnest today, I offer these words from Leymah Gbowee from an interview that is worth hearing with Michel Martin on NPR's program "Tell me more"
"MARTIN: Finally, do you have any wisdom to share? Perhaps to a younger you
who is just starting this sort of path of awakening that you've been on.
Ms. GBOWEE: Well, one of the things that I always say is never despise a
humble beginning. That's my word of wisdom. No matter how small, if you have
a conviction that this is something that is going to change your community,
if you have a conviction that this is something that is going to change your
family, if you have a conviction that this is something that is going to do
some good, step out and do it. That's one.
The second word of wisdom that I would like to leave with the American
people, in the face of evil, in the face of depravation, in the face of a
lot of horrible things when you turn on your radio, people sometimes lose
hope, that evil is winning. But I just want you to know that from a tiny
part of West Africa, a group of women there taught me to know that in this
life, good always overcome evil. Thank you."
Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli...Ulu-uli
Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli
Rises up from the Ministry of Crones and gorgeous women everywhere
Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli...Ulu-uli
Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli..Ulu-uli
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