The sergeant hooted with glee.
Chitrasena was breaking new ground and there were instances of him being actually hooted off the stage.
He quit football as a player in 1948 after fans hooted him during a match.
According to one official, the train driver even hooted to let the truck driver know that he was approaching.
If "opa" (a common owl) perched in a barn or on trees near the house and hooted, it foreboded death among the near relatives.
Being hooted at after a defeat is understandable, but this was incredible.
He was labelled inhuman, and was hooted at, reviled and pelted whenever he attended markets in the neighbourhood.
Those near the gate, however, hooted at and taunted the soldiery, who fired a volley over their heads.
