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ANAND NAIDOO, CNN ANCHOR: The hills of Switzerland are alive with the sounds of howling.
ASIEH NAMDAR, CNN ANCHOR: At least that's what it sounds like when a group of tourists tries to learn a musical skill that Alpine villagers perfected centuries ago. Ron Green with Swiss TV-SRI reports on a vacation activity that has a harmonious ending.
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RON GREEN, SWISS TV-SRI CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The art of yodeling, one of Switzerland's main attractions for tourists. Instead of the normal once-a-week concert for guests, the eastern Swiss resort of Bilthouse (ph) has opted for a program of yodeling course in which tourists do more than just watch and enjoy. They actually participate in a sort of musical do-it-yourself.
The enterprising pupils from near and far receive expert tuition. Their coach is none other than the conductor of the local yodeling choir, Hans Jakob Scherrer.
HANS JAKOB SCHERRER, CHOIR DIRECTOR (through translator): What makes yodeling different from singing is the direct transition from the chest voice to the head voice, and vice versa, by the larynx.
GREEN: So, why learn to yodel? A visitor from Italy and a tourist from northern Switzerland explain.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): I just saw an ad on the bulletin board and that roused my interest in finding out what yodeling is all about.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (trough translator): My grandmother yodeled, and I wanted to see if I could too. That's why.
GREEN: It's not that easy.
But now for the real thing: Calling the cattle home, the origin of yodeling, a form of expression which means to farmer Joerg Ammann.
JOERG AMMANN, DAIRY FARMER (through translator): I grew up with the cattle calls and yodeling, and I hope I can keep it up until it's time for me to go. There would be something missing if I couldn't yodel. It's all about belonging, really.
GREEN: Up here, yodeling is part of people's identity, and some feel it's almost a blasphemy to teach it to city slickers, but the majority disagrees.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): When you depend on tourism like we do, you have got to keep your guests happy so they will want to come back for more.
GREEN: Not everyone graduates with full honors, but some pupils manage to hold their own quite well in harmony with the real yodelers. For all of them, though, it will certainly be a vacation they are not likely to forget.
This is Ron Green of Swiss Television and Swiss Radio International for CNN WORLD REPORT.
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