The vuvuzela sometimes known as a “lepatata” (its Tswana name) or a stadium horn, is often a blowing horn approximately 1 m (three ft three in) in length. It is commonly blown by supporters at football matches in South Africa. A similar instrument (recognized as corneta in Brazil and other Latin American countries) is employed by football followers in South America.

Vuvuzelas happen to be questionable. They are already connected with permanent noise-induced hearing problems, cited as a achievable safety risk when fans cannot listen to evacuation bulletins, and perhaps spread colds and disease viruses on a greater scale than coughing or shouting. Many want to buy vuvuzela, although vuvuzelas have also been blamed for drowning the seem and ambiance of sports games.

Fans have detailed the sound as “annoying” and compared it with “a stampede of deafening monsters,” “a deafening swarm of locusts,” “a goat on the method to slaughter” and “a giant hive full of really angry bees.” The sound level from the instrument has been tested at 127 decibels yielding to football matches with dangerously high sound pressure levels for unprotected ears. A new model, on the other hand, announced on 14 June 2010, has a altered mouthpiece which is believed to lessen the volume levels by 20 decibels.