Maasai images - Whistling thorn - Traditional Music & Cultures of Kenya

The Whistling Thorn

The whistling thorn, which is invaluable for the Maasai in making stockades, is so-called because of the noise it makes when the wind blows. The cause is a species of ant which likes to live inside the strange spheres at the base of some thorns; the holes they make create the whistling sound.

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