It has been proposed as a technique for vocal rehabilitation. Ululation is used to some extent by south European women The Basque irrintzi is a signal of happiness originating from shepherds. Sculpture 'Irrintzi in the air' by Mikel Varas. In Kerala, ululation is essential for all ceremonial occasions and the term used in Malayalam is kurava. In Tamil, it is known as kulavai (Tamil:а®•аЇЃа®іа®µаЇ€). In Odisha, ululation is used to cheer during weddings, cultural gatherings and celebrations. Bengalis call it ulu-uli and they use this during weddings and other festivals. This is also an integral part of most weddings in these parts where, depending upon the local usages, women ululate to welcome the groom or bride or both. People, especially women roll their tongues and produce this sound during all Hindu temple rituals, festivals and celebrations. Ululation is also widely practiced in the eastern parts of India, where it is also known as Ululudhvani. Female children are usually proud of being able to ululate like their mothers and aunts. Generally women exuberantly yell lililili in a high-pitched voices. In Swahili it is known as vigelele and in Luo dialect it is known as udhalili. In Tanzania ululation is a celebratory cheer sound when good news has been shared or during weddings, welcoming of a newborn home, graduations and other festivals even in church when sermons are going on. Ululation is incorporated into African musical styles such as Tshangani music, where it is a form of audience participation, along with clapping and call-and-response. In Hausa ululation is called guda, in Zulu lilizela in Tsonga nkulungwani and in Northern SiNdebele ukubulula. Elsewhere in Africa ululation is used as a cheer, mourn or attention seeking sound by women. And it is also randomly (spontaneously) uttered during secular celebrations such as parties or concerts. In Ethiopia and Eritrea, ululation (called ililta) is part of a Christian religious ritual performed by worshipers as a feature of Sunday or other services in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, and some Ethiopian Evangelical Churches. Another example of the incorporation of ululations into traditional wedding songs can be found in Zaghareed (also spelled zaghareet), a collection of traditional Palestinian wedding songs reinterpreted and rearranged by Mohsen Subhi and produced in 1997 by the Palestinian National Music and Dance Troupe El-Funoun. For example, zagharits are widely performed and documented in Egyptian movies featuring traditional Egyptian weddings, where women are known for their very long and very loud performed ululations. In the Arab world, zaghДЃrД«t (Arabic: ШІШєШ§Ш±ЩЉШЄ) is a ululation performed to honor someone. Ululation is commonly used in Middle Eastern weddings. Sometimes, the ululation is also used during funerals. It is therefore an integral part of Berber folklore of which it is an essential element. In the Maghreb, the ululation is mainly used during festive moments (tameЙЈra) such as weddings or baptisms, as well as during traditional dances and songs. In Kabyle Berber and Mozabite Berber, the terms slilew or slewlew respectively mean вЂњto do ululationвЂќ.

In the Riffian language of the AГЇt Iznassen, the ululation is also called alewliw (plural ilewliwen) or aslewliw, while the verb slewlew means вЂњto do ululationвЂќ. In Riffian Berber we find in particular the term asriwriw (Berber: вґ°вµ™вµ”вµ‰вµЋвµ”вµ‰вµЋ) for ululation and the term sriwriw for the verb вЂњto launch ululationsвЂќ. In Berber, ululation is commonly called tiЙЈri (plural tiЙЈratin). In Morocco it is known as barwalГЎ or youyou. Recordings of various styles of ululations are commonly found in the music of artists performing Mizrahi styles of music. The Modern Hebrew word for ululation is 'tsahalulim' (Hebrew: Ч¦Ч”ЧњЧ•ЧњЧ™Чќ). The cultural practice has spread to other Jews, particularly where members of different Jewish ethnic communities come together, and is also to be found among American Jews. Ululation also occurs among Mizrahi Jews during simcha (festive occasions) such as at the inauguration of a Torah scroll ( hachnasat sefer Torah), brit milah (circumcision), communal celebrations, weddings, bar mitzvah celebrations, and most of all at henna celebrations. It is also practiced in a few places in Europe, like Cyprus, and among the diaspora community originating from these areas. Ululation is practised in all parts of Africa the Middle East and Central-to-South Asia, including Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Bengal, Odisha, and Assam in India, and Sri Lanka. Ululation is practiced either alone or as part of certain styles of singing, on various occasions of communal ritual events (like weddings) used to express strong emotion. An Egyptian woman ululates after having cast her vote in the 2014 Egyptian presidential elections.

Islamic wedding song animation