Goodbye vuvuzela - hello caxirola

The official noise-makers for next year's World Cup in Brazil will be significantly quieter than the vuvuzela horns that caused so many headaches in 2010, researchers say.

Goodbye vuvuzela -  hello caxirola

The official noise-makers for next year's World Cup in Brazil will be significantly quieter than the vuvuzela horns that caused so many headaches in 2010, researchers say.

The new instrument is a rattle called the caxirola, and it creates sound pressure levels similar to normal conversation.

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