Welcome to Spivey's Corner
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Uploaded by folkstreamer on Jan 16, 2011
Every year, on the third Saturday of June, in an otherwise sleepy borough of southeastern North Carolina known as Spivey's Corner (population 49), some 5,000-10,000 folks gather from far and wide to take part in the festivities and entertainment in the day-long extravaganza known as the National Hollerin' Contest.
Hollerin' is considered by some to be the earliest form of communication between humans. It is a traditional form of communication used in rural areas before the days of telecommunications to convey long-distance messages. Evidence of hollerin', or derivations thereof such as yodeling or hunting cries, exists worldwide among many early peoples and is still be practiced in certain societies of the modern world. In one form or another, the holler has been found to exist in Europe, Africa and Asia as well as the US. Each culture used or uses hollers differently, although almost all cultures have specific hollers meant to convey warning or distress. Otherwise hollers exist for virtually any communicative purpose imaginable -- greetings, general information, pleasure, work, etc. The hollers featured at the National Hollerin' Contest typically fall into one of four categories: distress, functional, communicative or pleasure.
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AugustusLarch 2 months ago
My Granmothr lived a few miles from tht corner...I never went 2 the call'in contests LOL but it seems realy fun....Mayb i wil take a ride rher 1 yr & enter
GRET VIDS SMOOCHES
LizzyYou 4 months ago
Wonderful. I guess this is where the yodeling in old tyme music comes from.
dmarker21 11 months ago
What an amazing upload. Thanks.
NudeManOnPatrol 1 year ago
we need to adopt hollerin' as an acceptable form of communication in big cities. No more cell phones....
nocashback 1 year ago
my eyes have been opened.
Korendian199 1 year ago
My mother must have ties to spivey's corner... she was always hollaring at my brother and I. :)
4micaman 1 year ago 2
Fantastic!
navertjarnskojan 1 year ago
Awesome !
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allengoodman69 1 year ago