#kulning

[avoyageintime]

Kulning, also known as Nordic herding calls, is an ancient Scandinavian vocal tradition that originated as a work song. Practiced mainly by women, it uses powerful, high-pitched calls to gather livestock and guide them down from mountain pastures at dusk. Dating back to at least the Middle Ages, it developed in Sweden, Norway, and parts of Finland as a practical way to communicate over long distances, keep herds together, and even warn of predators. Today, kulning lives on as an influence in folk music and contemporary performance.

[tikysplickytok]

(via shannoninthewild_)

[dungeons-and-dictions]

It’s Analysis Friday! Here’s some hidden symbolism via music in Frozen!

Do you remember the majestic voice calling out to Elsa in Frozen II? It is called kulning, a Scandinavian form of singing used as a herding call, or for fun.

Able to bounce off mountains and travel far distances, shepherdesses (and a few shepherds) used this technique to call their livestock home, communicate with other shepherdesses, and locate lost animals.

But the craziest, coolest part? Many kulning songs were passed down by the family, or by previous shepherdesses. These special songs also often contained names of animals under their care.

The song we hear throughout the film is in every way kulning: it summons Elsa, who comes to the call; it carries far distances, of which have even been sealed off to the world; and it is passed down from mother to nature to daughter.

[beardedmrbean]

I'd be good with this audience for my concert too

[falling-down-the-scroll-hole]

[cursedwanderer]

Jonna Jinton Kulning - Ancient herdingcall - A farewell song to the cows

[titanus-nyx]

Usually, I don't get shifty when listening to music, but when I listen to kulning, it really evokes deep feelings in me that are difficult to explain...

Kulning in a forest evokes a feeling of myth and mystery, but for me it also evokes a deep longing...a sort of home sickness. A yearning to live in my hearthome.

[soothifying-sounds-asmr]

Kulning by Jonna Jinton