The tuneless plastic horn blown by fans was a top World Cup newsmaker and has been snapped up abroad.

南非世界杯期间，球迷们吹奏的这一不成曲调的塑料喇叭成为媒体关注的焦点，在其它国家也成为热销商品。

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Complaints from teams may quieten the rowdier African fans and their vuvuzelas (plastic trumpets).

来自球队的抱怨可能让吵闹的非洲球迷和他们的瓦瓦祖拉(一种塑料喇叭)安静。

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A vuvuzela is a brightly-coloured plastic trumpet, usually about a metre long, which is commonly blown by fans at football matches in South Africa.

Vuvuzela（呜呜祖拉）是一种颜色鲜艳的塑料喇叭，大约有一米长，是南非球迷在足球比赛时经常会用到的一个装备。

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Kenyan fans began throwing plastic bottles onto the pitch bringing the game to a halt briefly while the pitch was cleared of debris.

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But she said that many people across the country had criticised Fifa's move, saying that football's world governing organisation did not own South Africa's soccer stadiums, soccer balls or vuvuzelas (a South African plastic trumpet used by football fans).

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Plastic vuvuzelas hit the market in the late 1990s when Van Schalkwyk, who was a semi-professional footballer and part-time plastic molder, got the idea from fans of Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates, who brought their metal vuvuzelas to games in Cape Town.

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