The year of 2010 feels like forever ago, and yet, the world at large still hangs tight to that memory of the month-long vuvuzela act also known as the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Being subjected to hours of your TV blaring at you isn’t something that one forgets.

Don’t worry, because the Russian equivalent is one that doesn’t come with any associated risks of permanent hearing loss. The lozhka, a musical spoon used in Russian folk music, is expected to soundtrack the World Cup this year.

According to Reuters, the spoons produce a clacking sound and allows for an “insistent” rhythm, without the drawback of delivering screeching pain to the eardrums. The country has already branded a line of official tournament spoons for the World Cup.

Being the masters of Internet that we are at BarDown, we found this video of an orchestra-backed lozhka performance.

 

So, there’s a bit of Russian culture for you! The spoons aren’t as likely to be the sideshow that the vuvuzelas were, but with actual control over rhythm, tens of thousands of Russians clacking spoons together might actually lead to a pretty neat crowd rally.

Certainly, though, musical spoons are a bit of a departure from the phenomenal Russian club bops that Alex Ovechkin has been blasting in his glorious new life as a Stanley Cup winner.

 

h/t Twitter/ReutersWorld