0 to make a long, high cry with the mouth and tongue that changes between two or three notes, often to show emotion at a ceremony such as a wedding or funeral:
"When South Africans are happy, we sing, we dance, we ululate and beat drums," says Mulovhedzi.
Women in rainbow-hued native dresses ululated - a shrill cry that usually accompanies celebrations in this part of the world.
Women ululated, and the crowd clapped and cheered "Ya'eesh" - Arabic for "long live".
The bird's ululating cry on a summer evening is said to presage rain.
